“'Raves are full of drug taking scum'

That is extremely biased.

Take a look around Bristol mate, it's full of scum, walk around town and you'll see people under the influence of alcohol fighting or shouting and bothering people.

You wouldn't call them scum would you? No because for some reason that kind of behaviour is accepted...

At least us 'scum' at raves, keep ourselves to ourselves and don't bother members of the public like the alcohol fuelled people you get around town, screeching as they're walking past houses down roads and occasionally getting the random angry drunk person smashing things up.

So shut up mate, you should be a little less narrow minded and maybe go to a freeparty, then you'd actually have a valid opinion.”

“Raves are full of drug-taking scum.

FACT!

I've went to one of these 'sp-called' raves once, to try to reason with the organisors, to see if I could get them to turn their noise down a bit.

I may as well not have bothered. It was full of zombified looking teenagers, running around with cans of special brew gripped in their grimy little mitts, and drugs literally smeared all over their faces.

whenever I tried to question any of these stumbling youngsters, as to who were the organisers I was met with vacant stares and the occasional 'got any k?' from the more capable among them.

eventually i got tired to avoiding the piles of human excrement and used needles that were scattered all over the site, and decided to call it a night.

i think it's absolutely discusting that the police cannot do more to put a stop to this sort of thing. they should change the law so that the police have the power to go in and break up these events, and these 'so-called' ravers evidently do not give two hoots about the welfare of local residents, and only care about their own hedonistic needs.

JT”

“I thought about saying a load of crap about how free parties are amazing and I cant believe what the evening post did but if you are reading this post you can see that everyone else has said the same thing over and over.

All I can say is look at the city centre and look at the free parties.

One is from a dieing breed of humanity and the other is a community

I think you can guess which is which

If a reporter tried at least to interview the people from parties likes these. they would see that we are beautiful intelligent people that have open our minds to the ideas of other people.

My final words:

Free parties and the people I have been with there have made me a better and happy person. I thank every one at all the free party crews out there. I love you all

Together we are one”

“Ive just been considering the ratio of happy to unhappy beings in this situation.. a couple of people (at the most a handful) being kept awake once a week (i cant help thinking if they lay down and closed their eyes instead of getting worked up about something they clearly cannot control they'd be asleep in no time..) and on the other hand possibly a couple of hundred with smiles on their faces. In this world we live in where guilt free happiness can be so hard to find (for those people who look outside their cosy bubble and realise how this country/world is being RUN and cannot sleep easy for considering the inevitable turmoil that has been created by it) this few hours of freedom these people are experiencing should be respected because its bigger than a cul-de-sac of people who have broken sleep. I do not deny those people deserve sleep i just doubt that they cannot have it. I also think if they popped down there one evening, forgot what the people at work would think, forgot what their friends and family would think, kicked off their conformist shackles and had a bloody good dance they'd come away feeling that the people they'd danced with DESERVED their freedom..

p.s as for the rubbish, ive never met a group of people who are more environmentally concerned, and actually willing to make a difference, concerned about this planet that has been destroyed, and i doubt very much they would have left any rubbish without the full intention of coming back and clearing it up.. and the watermelon? its better left there than put in a bin.”

“If you don't like the 'mind numbing thump thump thump'

take some drugs trustttt it works makes the music so much better ;)”

“The watermelon is what i left; the ladys shoe is atkins**”

“This article is incredibly biased! I find the pretext of it insulting 'Hundreds of people can suddenly descend on a totally unsuitable part of the city. Drug-taking, excessive drinking, even criminal damage are always a possibility'... This remark on the 'unsuitableness' of the venues is amusing, as the venues chosen are chosen because of their secluded nature and are in fact near very few houses generally. The assumption that everyone takes drugs at free parties is unfounded and untrue, some may, but that at the end of the day it's their own choice, and who the hell is anyone else to criticise them- it's their bodies, thier minds and THEIR MONEY!
If you want this 'problem' to stop, as the police are obviously not greatly bothered with interfering in a good night for 'hundreds of people', perhaps you should stop writing articles complaining and instead write ones appealing, for a space where it's 'suitable' to have raves.
I would also like to point out that excessive drinking happens on a DAILY BASIS in the city centre and pubs and clubs all around the city, why is that any more acceptable? Drug taking happens all over the country as well, and all over the city too, it's not just an isolated incident that only happens at raves, and as for criminal damage- just look at the streets! Most are covered in some kind of graffiti or vandalism, i'm not using this as justification, merely making a point- it happens EVERYWHERE! And in fact I don't think i've ever seen anyone spraypainting or tagging at free parties, thats not why they go...
People go to free parties to enjoy themselves, believe it or not, their sole purpose is not to cause nuisance for a few home owners- it's to have a good night out, so stop demonising the whole issue!”

“Oh come on your saying the odd free party that happens is soooo much worse than the noise from Oceana, or even the dreaded Bsb who for some reason get to open their windows and blare out trash in the middle of a street, were people above the shops indeed live!!!! How about the police driving past my flat every night sirens blaring.... and the constant stream of traffic 24/7. Get real I would recommend next time you hear a 'illegal rave' go on you venture down.... chill, or dance and take in the atmosphere! You will be amazed by it! And if you think its all about the drugs I go to them without taking any sort of illegal drugs, just a few ciders and dance away.”

“I find the bias nature of these reports unbelievable. The fact that the police rarely find the time to bother stopping these events is obviously a sign that the people complaining are just being petty.

Drug taking, excessive-drinking takes place in many pubs across the country. Pubs have been in the news recently because people are trying to save the culture of this country. Raves are just as much a part of our youths culture as pubs are to adults, in which excessive drinking and drug taking takes place also.

I find the title of this article amusing, it says 'wake up to the problems...' I thought you couldn't sleep because of them?

I think a little 'thump, thump, thump' is just what this country needs to realise that our own government takes our money and spends it all on second houses they like to call 'expenses'.

Peace and love to all.”

“I'm with Jazzey, Bennett and Vagrant.
I've seen many places end up cleaner than they were before after a rave, and the fact that this article is so biased as to accuse the majority of the teenage population for this is mind boggling.
This is ignorance in it's finest hour, and I laugh it's face. Because it's complete BS and I hope that the person that wrote this pile of w*** opens up his eyes.
In fact he should turn up to one one day, maybe he'll end up more open minded for it.”