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prohibits gatherings of more than 20 people on open land where the music played consists wholly or predominantly of “a succession of repetitive beats”
This is a monstrous law and everyone involved in its passage should be barred from politics and positions with decision making power.
Yeah what the fuck is that. Policing music.
a succession of repetitive beats
So this covers pretty much all music.
ACAB truly is universal.
Now you got me wondering what's the alien version of ACAB.
fuck off, we don't want no association with anything coming from Earth
"They knew that police were likely to arrive and intervene at some point because raves are illegal under the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act, which prohibits gatherings of more than 20 people on open land where the music played consists wholly or predominantly of “a succession of repetitive beats”. But they hoped to get a day or two of partying in before being moved on."
The worst Young Adult novels, the worst fanfictions, the worst grade-school rip-off essays targeting Dirty Dancing could not ever get away with such incredibly uninspired plot points as it would be considered far too unrealistic for any government or authority-bearing entity to be this specifically obtuse and uselessly restrictive.
And yet, for some reason, the UK sets the bar below what any fourth grader could ever vaguely plagiarize.
Fuck all the other stuff, this alone is why empires are bad, this is what they turn into after they fall.
Raves get heavy police responses in other countries too. Especially in France. I've also known it to happen in Belgium and the Netherlands.
It's not a real rave unless it's illegal. You are not punk of you are a rule abiding citizen.
Uhm sure. I'm only talking about how the police responds, not its legality.
In Czechia I've had the best raves. Police don't really care.
Pigs doing pig stuff