Yeah, why bother stopping rapes, murders, and armed robberies when you can focus your resources on stopping those naughty teens and their dark windows. I hike my leg on Warren County.
The Man has been trying to get rid of raves ever since they started. They can't handle the fact that teenagers might actually be having a good time.
Besides, don't you know? Those young men and women need to keep their bodies pure for JEEEEEzus and so that they can be cannon fodder...um, good soldiers...for whatever escapades the Chimperor, Rummy Rumsfeld, and Dick "Heart of Darkness" Cheney dream up next.
WF
(who has never been to a rave. Ever. I look really dorky in a big hat waving a glowstick)
I think the geeky hats and glowsticks are a result (an inevitable one) of people cashing in on raves. The original parties -- the underground, no tickets, no fliers at Sam Goody, no one knows parties -- were ok. Back then, a guy in town would hear about something going down the next night in St. Louis and you'd all pile into a car and go.
Then came the smart hot dogs, smart drinks, and whatnot. Cha-Ching. Then came the goofy outfits, pacifiers, glowsticks, and other trinkets. CHA-CHING.
I still hike my leg on Warren County.
Back in OUR day, all we needed to enjoy a trip was an onion on the belt, a carton of marlboros, and a glow-in-the-dark frisbee! And we had to walk 3 miles through the snow to buy mushrooms!
The only thing I guess I actually find surprising about the commodification of rave culture is that there hasn't been a more noticible echo among the over-40 set.
I'd think boomer sellouts would be more excited to relive the 60's they missed while living in Cincinnati, but saw so much of on Laugh-In and in the movies.
moral of the story:
do not put your rave on the net, if you do, do not put the URL with the new location on an open website.
Still, i'm glad to see that all violent crime has been eradicated in the area and they now have lots of time to pick on people not messing with anyone...
And one more thing: how can you not spot an undercover butler country sheriff's deputy a mile away at a rave?
Money. Raves, in my experience, have been about pushers making money as opposed to any sense of community...why mess with that anyway...to paraphrase both covington and john waters "in my day, we'd just drop a bunch of acid and hate everybody!".
"Back in OUR day, all we needed to enjoy a trip was an onion on the belt, a carton of marlboros, and a glow-in-the-dark frisbee! And we had to walk 3 miles through the snow to buy mushrooms!"
Covington, I love how little sense that makes. Top shelf, brother. 
Actually, Bush is second fiddle on this one. The politician who's leading the anti-rave movement is Democrat Sen. Joe Biden, of all people.
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