Heh heh Davey that kinda makes me laugh and cringe in some ways considering the age I started going out - yes influenced by older siblings and my own want of 'trying to keep up with the big kids' but that was almost 10 years ago now and nothing has or will change...

...if its not raves/clubs/pubs/events/concerts etc etc there will always be something else that we are doing and the younger generation will pick up on it and run with the ball so to speak. As I did to the generations above me - all I can do is try to gently guide the generations below me.

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Originally posted by webmeister Disagree entirely on this point, that sounds like the "drugs r bad mmkay" approach which has been proven over and over not to work. Doesn't matter how illegal you make something, people will still do it.

I am not saying we should make them anymore illegal. I can see how the "drugs r bad mmkay" approach doesnt work. I am saying that it comes down to us as mature age "ravers" to discourage the use of drugs. Not preaching against drugs but atleast not preaching for drugs around the young people. Encourage the young people to listen to the music and try to understand that. You dont need to say "DONT DO DRUGS!!" you just need to encourage and emphasise the positives of the culture, such as music and friends. This wont stop drug use by young people but it will help them see the real positives in the culture and they wont be so focused on the negatives.

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Originally posted by jono4L I am not saying we should make them anymore illegal. I can see how the "drugs r bad mmkay" approach doesnt work. I am saying that it comes down to us as mature age "ravers" to discourage the use of drugs. Not preaching against drugs but atleast not preaching for drugs around the young people. Encourage the young people to listen to the music and try to understand that. You dont need to say "DONT DO DRUGS!!" you just need to encourage and emphasise the positives of the culture, such as music and friends. This wont stop drug use by young people but it will help them see the real positives in the culture and they wont be so focused on the negatives.

That's better

Good to see you understand that, because politicians/police/most people don't....

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ALO! ALLOO!! MY NAMES POINTY AND IM A LAW ABIDER. THERES NOTHIN I LIKE MORE THAN GETTIN FIRED UP ON BEER, AND WHEN THE WEEKEND HERE I EXERCISE MY RIGHT TO GET PARALETIC N FIGHT. GOOD BLOKE FAIRLY, BUT I GET WELL LAIRY WHEN GEEZERS LOOK AT ME FUNNY - BOUNCIN ROUND LIKE BUNNIES!! IM LIKELY TO CAUSE MISCHEIF, GOOD CLEAN GRIEF YOU MUST BELIEVE AND I AINT NO THIEF. LAW ABIDING N ALL, ALL LEGAL...N WHO CARES ABOUT MY LIVER WHEN IT FEELS GOOD. WHAT YOU NEED IS SOME REAL MANHOOD. RASHER RASHER BARNEY AND KASHA..PUTTING PEOPLES BACKS UP. PUBLIC DISORDER ILL GIVE YOU PUBLIC DISORDER!!!! I DOWN 8 PINTS N RUN ALL OVER THE PLACE, SPIT IN TEH FACE OF AN OFFICER, SEE IF THAT BOVERS YA!! CAUSE I NEVER BROKE A LAW IN MY LIFE...SOME DAY I'M GONNA SETTLE DOWN WITH A WIFE..............COME ON LADS, LETS AVE ANUVVA FIGHT!!

YES BUDDDDDDDDDDDDDY HAHAHA

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On a lighter note, one of the negatives of the "rave culture"? The stores that sell the pants for 180 bucks! I was in a local rave shop today (no names) and everything was seriously marked up. My mate bought a top for his girlfriend... 50 bucks.. and apparently that had 50% off on it!

Good luck to that

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Hey guys,

Reading through this thread there are some really interesting posts made. I personally went out hard for a while. I had the time of my life, but one day realised all these friends I made were only with me (and I was only with them) to get somthing from each other- a good time, and that was about all. I now go out once in a blue moon, sometimes dont take anything, sometimes go really hard but I still enjoy myself either way because I dont do it often. I've lost the superficial people in my life and when I go out I take it for what it is- a night out.. So meeting and talking to 50 different people is part of the experience.. But I dont take it home with me. By doing it like I feel I wont get caught up in the 'scene' and can still enjoy it all for what it is. I have friends who used to go out hard for many years and have left because of what it was doing to them and their friends. Their friends are still there, doing the same thing every week in the same place... just loosing more teeth.
So when this discussion comes up, I tend it ignore the 'medical' information and just look at people who have been doing it waaayyy too long. That was enuff to make me wake up.

I think the scene can be more addictive then the drugs.

Moderation, like anything is the key. Easier said then done.

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Originally posted by TI2ance I had the time of my life, but one day realised all these friends I made were only with me (and I was only with them) to get somthing from each other- a good time, and that was about all. I've lost the superficial people in my life and when I go out I take it for what it is- a night out.. So when this discussion comes up, I tend it ignore the 'medical' information and just look at people who have been doing it waaayyy too long. That was enuff to make me wake up. Moderation, like anything is the key. Easier said then done.

Agreed with all the points made, i like you already
hahaha welcome aboard

haha, thanks dude. I've only been posting on the production forum.. but i've now ventured out from my hole..

All I want to say is that walking out of One Perfect Day I felt quite betrayed as a non-drug taking member of the dance culture.

I was already writing a movie based on MY experiences and this just fuel's my fire to set things right.

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10 reported GHB overdoses @ Two tribes, with apparently many more unreported incidents.



Point proven.

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Oh, life is bigger ,It's bigger than you,And you are not me,The lengths that I will go to, The distance in your eyes ,Oh no, I've said too much, I set it up

That's me in the corner, That's me in the spotlight, I'm Losing my religion, Trying to keep up with you ,And I don't know if I can do it, Oh no, I've said too much,I haven't said enough, I thought that I heard you laughing, I thought that I heard you sing, I think I thought I saw you try.

But that was just a dream, That was just a dream, But that was just a dream, Try, cry, why try? That was just a dream ,Just a dream, just a dream, Dream

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Originally posted by Paulie 10 reported GHB overdoses @ Two tribes, with apparently many more unreported incidents. Point proven.

dirty dirty stuff that GHB. So many overdoses on the increase, its scary

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