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I'll think of something later.


But until then, heres the Ravers Manifesto:

Our emotional state of choice is Ecstasy. Our nourishment of choice is Love. Our
addiction
of choice is technology. Our religion of choice is music. Our currency of choice is
knowledge. Our politics of choice is none. Our society of choice is Utopian though we
know
it will never be.

You may hate us. You may dismiss us. You may misunderstand us. You may be unaware of our
existence. We can only hope you do not care to judge us, because we would never judge
you.
We are not criminals. We are not disillusioned. We are not drug addicts. We are not naive
children. We are one massive, global, tribal village that transcends man-made law,
physical geography, and time itself. We are The Massive. One Massive.

We were first drawn by the sound. From far away, the thunderous, muffled, echoing beat
was
comparable to a mother's heart soothing a child in her womb of concrete, steel, and
electrical wiring. We were drawn back into this womb, and there, in the heat, dampness,
and darkness of it, we came to accept that we are all the same. We came to accept that we
are all equal. Not only to the darkness, and to ourselves, but to the very music slamming
into us and passing through our souls: we are all equal. <...> We continue to pack our
bodies into clubs, or warehouses, or buildings you've abandoned and left for naught, and
we bring life to them for one night. Strong, throbbing, vibrant life in it's purest, most
intense, most hedonistic form.

In these makeshift spaces, we seek to shed ourselves of the burden of uncertainty for a
future you have been unable to stabilize and secure for us. We seek to relinquish our
inhibitions, and free ourselves from the shackles and restraints you've put on us for
your
own peace of mind. We seek to re-write the programming that you have tried to
indoctrinate
us with since the moment we were born. Programming that tells us to hate, that tells us
to
judge, that tells us to stuff ourselves into the nearest and most convenient pigeon hole
possible. Programming that even tells us to climb ladders for you, jump through hoops,
and
run through mazes and on hamster wheels. Programming that tells us to eat from the shiny
silver spoon you are trying to feed us with, instead of nourish ourselves with our own
capable hands. Programming that tells us to close our minds, instead of open them.

Until the sun rises to burn our eyes by revealing the distopian reality of the world
you've created for us, we dance fiercely with our brothers and sisters in celebration of
our life, of our culture, and of the values we believe in: Peace, Love, Freedom,
Tolerance, Unity, Harmony, Expression, Responsibility and Respect.

Our enemy of choice is ignorance. Our weapon of choice is information. Our crime of
choice
is breaking and challenging whatever laws you feel you need to put in place to stop us
from celebrating our existence. But know that while you may shut down any given party, on
any given night, in any given city, in any given country or continent on this beautiful
planet, you can never shut down the entire party. You don't have access to that switch,
no
matter what you may think. The music will never stop. The heartbeat will never fade. The
party will never end. I am a raver, and this is my manifesto.