Because rave promoters know that Ecstasy causes the body temperature in a user to rise and as a result causes the user to become very thirsty, many rave promoters facilitate and profit from flagrant drug use at rave parties or events by selling over-priced bottles of water and charging entrance fees to 'chill-rooms' where users can cool down.

You'd think maybe people who were dancing at an all night party would, you know, not want to drink a lot of alcohol, need bottles of water, and want to chill out, irrespective of whether or not they were on drugs, wouldn't you? Furthermore, I've been to a LOT of raves and I have never ever seen a separate fee charged for access to a chill room!

I have never been charged extra to get into a chill room before either, but what is said there about water is true in many situations. I've seen the water profiteering as shows many times before, and its always pissed me off. It is often rigged specifically to get as much money out of the hands of people at the expense of basic life functions as possible, and the people who fall through the hole are most often the ones experimenting with drugs.

If there is any legislation in regard to raves I would have liked to see -- as opposed to what we wound up with -- it would have been something that protected safety and rights, not provided a way to target specific cultural communities for eradication. Regulations regarding the availability of water would have been the first order of business.

If there's anything that's important in an environment with a high number of people, especially where the people are very active, its water. If you are charging $4 for a bottle of water at a rave or a club, and there is not another (free) source available, you should be fined and thrown into jail. That's a specific issue I'd consider myself a "hardliner" on.

Its not a luxury thing. Its not an enjoyment thing. Its a basic life function thing. You must provide me with a place to pee, suitable air to breathe (which I think of more as an occupancy thing than a non-smoking thing), and water so that I don't suddenly drop dead from dehydration. If we legislate rules for bathrooms, no-smoking zones and occupancy limits, then sign me up for the rest of the basic life function and safety package please...

When I'm emperor, all clubs will be forced to have a water fountain by the bathrooms. All raves will be forced to have a water spigot somewhere. Anyone with a container will be allowed to fill it. Any club owner or rave promoter who tells someone they cannot refill their water bottle will be arrested on the spot and tossed into a Guantanamo Bay Prison for crimes against humanity.

I fully agree with what you were saying otherwise. Its also a good point in time to remind people that the Democrats where behind the CDA.

(Disclaimer: Rattle is not affiliated with any political party, militia, agency, or NGO. Rattle plans to file Trademark on the phrase "When I'm emperor" for usage in his rants.)

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