georgeacasta2 Posted September 6 Report Share Posted September 6 www.cooljunkie.com There's some links at cooljunkie's site so you can do something about it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!The Rave Act: The Rave Act is a piece of legislation awaiting a vote in the Senate, which every person who has set foot inside a club should know about. If this bill is passed, the federal government will have the power to imprison club owners, and even promoters such as ourselves, for up to 20 years.More detailed information is below, and you can also read more at http://www.emdef.org/s2633/We all need to act now to prevent this bill from being passed and seriously jeopardizing our civil liberties.S 2633 -The RAVE Act For the full text of this bill, please go to http://thomas.loc.gov/ and search for S 2633Purpose: Senators Grassley and Biden on June 18th proposed the Reducing America's Vulnerability to Ecstasy Act of 2002 (S2633). This RAVE Act is in the Senate now and is awaiting a vote. This proposed bill focuses on establishments that feature electronic dance music. Under this bill, the federal government would have the power to prosecute law-abiding, tax paying venue owners and event promoters for the actions of their customers.Status: This bill is awaiting a vote in the Senate and can be voted on anytime on or after July 8th, 2002.Background: Senate Bill 2633 is an attempt by legislators to reduce the illegal use of ecstasy by re-writing Title 21 U.S. Code Section 856 (aka the "crack house law") so that it can be easily used to shut down electronic dance music events. This legislation adds a $250,000 minimum civil liability clause to the existing criminal penalties of up to 20 years imprisonment and possible $500,000 fine. This legislation could have a devastating effect on the electronic dance music community. The RAVE Act along with other bills such as H.R. 3782, known as "Clean, Learn, Educate, Abolish, Neutralize, and Undermine Production (CLEAN-UP) of Methamphetamines Act of 2002, seriously jeopardize the liberties of law-abiding promoters and partygoers. Language used in both bills specifically target electronic dance music, even identifying events or raves as places with bass heavy sounds and repetitive rhythms. Targeting a music genre clearly violates our civil freedom. For more information on the effect this could have on you, visit www.aclu.org and search for “rave”. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loraine Posted September 7 Report Share Posted September 7 ***BUMP***spread the word to your friends and let's finally do something to vote against this oppresive senate bill!!! They always say the younger generation never takes action, so here's our chance before we get f*cked over.there's my rant, thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drewbongiorno Posted September 7 Report Share Posted September 7 BUMP!On it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pod Posted September 7 Report Share Posted September 7 I hate those catchy gov't acronyms... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightstar01 Posted September 7 Report Share Posted September 7 Not fair... ...I read about this on some other DJ mag a few months ago.....totally sucks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest saleen351 Posted September 7 Report Share Posted September 7 i support the rave act, i've never done a club drug ever and i would love to get them out of the clubs, so the real clubbers can take over, you know the people who enjoy music, not the drugs.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehog Posted September 8 Report Share Posted September 8 quote:i support the rave act, i've never done a club drug ever and i would love to get them out of the clubs, so the real clubbers can take over, you know the people who enjoy music, not the drugs.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sobeton Posted September 8 Report Share Posted September 8 this is a very bizarre piece of legislation. not supporting the bill does not imply, that you use club drugs; rather it is supporting your rights. employing laws that would penalize club owners and promoters, based on loosely defined guidelines. is not the way to address the issue of club drugs. alcohol is a club drug, even thought it is legal; it is still a drug. as is typical with the US government when it comes issues of drugs, they seem to do things based on emotions, and not with any clear or rationale thinking. imo education is the key, to controlling any drug problem. make unbiased information available, and let people make an informed decision. nicotine and alcohol are also drugs. how many people die from cancer, and alcohol related deaths each year ? how many people abuse prescription drugs each year ? the war on drugs should be, a war on the abuse of drugs.the focus needs to be on abuse, prevention, and education. because no law is going wipe out illegal drug use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepulse Posted September 8 Report Share Posted September 8 The Government is trying to legislate stupidy again, and it can't be done, people are gonna party no matter what, "you can't legisalate stupidy" to quote Governor Jesse Ventura. People cant drive and talk so they legislate, people can't party responsibly so they legislate, whats next legislate hoes that can't swallow, LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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