FBI admits to spying on Burning Man

[Moonglow]

I'm trying to understand the logic behind thinking they are going to infiltrate terrorist groups at Burning Man. This is basically a gathering of hippies who probably wouldn't even squash a spider in their own house.

FBI admits to spying on Burning Man

Isn't sending in government spies to infiltrate peaceful gatherings the kind of thing that goes in totalitarian regimes?

They just needed to find a connection...

 

[Moonglow]

I'm trying to understand the logic behind thinking they are going to infiltrate terrorist groups at Burning Man. This is basically a gathering of hippies who probably wouldn't even squash a spider in their own house.

FBI admits to spying on Burning Man

Isn't sending in government spies to infiltrate peaceful gatherings the kind of thing that goes in totalitarian regimes?

Burning man is hardly peaceful.

#2 they were hardly spying.

Some hippies are "peaceful", some sell LSD to underage kids.

But is it good LSD?

 

[Moonglow]

You have got to assume that there is a huge drug trade going on at this ridiculous fucking festival.

And a lot of people have a really good time because of it -- just like there is a huge trade in alcoholic beverages attending or surrounding every major sports event, Spring Break or New Year's Eve, celebration, and more. But in spite of the fact that beverage alcohol causes an average 10,000 deaths per year in the U.S. alone, along with thousands more serious illnesses, such as liver cirrhosis, neuropathic toxicity and blindness, there is no FBI presence when booze is the drug of choice.

Not to mention screwing ugly chicks....and making babies...

 

[MikeK]

Not to mention screwing ugly chicks....and making babies...

Ugly chicks deserve to be loved (even if only for a little while).