tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4733870058840414356.post4083156443740419703..comments2024-01-23T10:29:57.817-08:00Comments on Jason Watches Movies: Jason skips Burning Manpuppymeathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17861361925649066123noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4733870058840414356.post-14908683912918991392012-08-21T17:47:35.144-07:002012-08-21T17:47:35.144-07:00Yeah, I agree about Ricketts, too. Talking about &...Yeah, I agree about Ricketts, too. Talking about "radical inclusion" is a way of patting one's self on the back; generally it really just means that they have different inclusion criteria from other groups.Adam Villanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10694072629634740634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4733870058840414356.post-74800214727977874352012-08-21T17:11:47.454-07:002012-08-21T17:11:47.454-07:00Well said, Adam.
As long as a group is small eno...Well said, Adam. <br /><br />As long as a group is small enough, it can be totally inclusive. Once it's large enough, it just becomes "differently inclusive." Ricketts Hovse was definitely a place that claimed to be all-inclusive but was only differently inclusive.<br /><br />I do appreciate that Burning Man held on to the principle of inclusion as long as it did, and it really did a good job with it. But maybe the result of the experiment is that inclusion only works up to a limit of ~50,000 people.puppymeathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17861361925649066123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4733870058840414356.post-12658320194795947722012-08-21T16:48:53.712-07:002012-08-21T16:48:53.712-07:00My experience at BM is very partial --- my sister ...My experience at BM is very partial --- my sister goes every year, and in 2009 I went with her to the site a week early to help set up, but then left about a half an hour before the general gates opened. So, take that into consideration, but I've never given much credence to the ten principles and instead just saw the whole thing as a big party, albeit one with a certain flavor and requiring a bit of a commitment on the part of the participants.<br /><br />One of the things about anarchy in general is that it's a principle of governance that's extremely limited in scope; people need to be able to opt out of it at any time, and there's no way it would work as a general system of governance for any group of people larger than a small band or tribe. I think Burning Man illustrates that principle; with size and legitimacy come rules and regulations. It's just like anything else in society. It's got it's special Burning Man flavor, but it's still just the Burning Man-flavored variety of society at large. That's not a bad thing or a good thing, just an illustration of the limitations of creating a fresh, new set of rules.Adam Villanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10694072629634740634noreply@blogger.com