squatjuice is warzone ‘cos of this party. “it was the norfolk ravers!!!” – “no it was the london cunts” etc. etc.
now i wasn’t there… but i have spent a looong time reading various accounts, and heres what i can deduce from the situation as a third-party, if ya like…
to be honest as much as i fucking hate the oppression against parties, there seemed to be a minority of very irresponsible idiots there.
for one, the parking – emergency vehicles couldn’t get on-site. thats a rule even i’ve read about countless times, and i dont drive.
secondly the fire. whoever started it doesn’t deserve to be anywhere near a party (presuming it was deliberate that is). and when the fire brigade were trying to put out the fire, some pricks were startin another one thinkin it was hilarious.
thridly, bottling the cops… many ravers got hit, for a start – and haven’t people realised it only antagonises the situation and makes things much much worse in the long run? you ain’t ever gonna win against the cops with force, it needs to be done through other means.
if we want free parties to be accepted by society, we need to be more responsible. it may be a minority – but it fucks it up. if the fire wasn’t started then the coppers wouldn’t have shut it down. they knew about it for ages before that happened, and were gonna just keep an eye on it.
i dont think the coppers were solely to blame for the party being shut down. it was the actions of an irresponsible few, if this aint happened the party would probs not have been shut down.
lotta respect to the organisers, the majority of ravers who just wanted a good time, the people helping with first aid, putting out fires etc. safe as, as long as there are people like this, free parties will never die.
