AMBER Alert abuse

[robrob]

man, you really can't please everyone all the time....

anyhow, my impression from this incident was "the system works".

sure, it's not ideal that a handful of folks got inconvenienced for two hours, but, overall, I feel good about the fact that our little freak show has reliable mechanisms in place to handle potentially serious incidents in an orderly fashion.

[unjonharley]

For the love of Cow! Let this thread die..

The spin doctors have had there day..

onzilla you can take the burr out of you crack and all will be OK

[Mosin]

There I go, playing on the slide again. Nevermind...

[CitizenRandom]

Oooo. Im so ALL upset cuz my busy fucking self important life was interupted for two WHOLE FUCKING HOURS to look for a missing kid-FUCK!
Being made to be a prisoner for two hours while a TEEN AGE CHILD may have been held a prisoner or exsists as one- or ran away from being a prisoner- or just needed a fucking GREEN DOT durring my Personal Burning Plan experiance of LIBERTY and FREEDOM- well IM OUT FUCKING RAGED!!

It just puts all the kids in the future at danger some how- and well that girl was bad- and I missed my flight and I got all dusty- and harshed my mellow- and ..

FUCK YOU .

GP&E Rangers and cops did it right. Period- shes a fucking kid- PERIOD and looking as attractive as she does- also doesnt mean she wont wind up on a milk carton and can out smart a fucking preditor- BY all MEANS lets not forget how important adults are over those whom have little choise but to hope we would-should stop the fucking world and have the fucking ability to do so but often choose otherwise - to save all kids- any kids- OUR KIDS.

When she came with her parents to BRC she became OUR KID in some fashion -if anything should harm her or bring danger to her.
She was "just" a run away?
Hey Braintrust! Your all so smart an all with your big ideas an everything- How is a teenager any less at risk if not MORE when they disapear?
Heres a bloodclot for your brain meats..WHO typically are Runaways? WHY DO KIDS SPLIT THEIR PARENTS??? DERP!!
She needed us- We stepped up and FUCK YOUR PLANS- ..it could of been a accident on the road, or a storm that rained you in- you could of lost your fucking keys..This shit happens at the Burn but what doesnt happen, you selfish fucks- is that our Gate and our Rangers- our cops and our community -will allow a child to somehow drift out and become a staistic- a footnote- a GONE child on a milk carton. SO CALM THE FUCK DOWN .. these are kids. SHE is a kid. And the blather about some poor guy getting himself all caught up in a statatory rape thing and because she is such a Lolita!? OMG! Get the fuck off the drugs and the 1950s blame the young girl for ruining the horney assclown routien. IS this not 2012? Older guys think its paydirt when a barely legal girl hits the 18 mark..but speaking as a once formally hot teen - I could not be depended on to understand boundries-saftyand-the mind and motives of ANY dick weilding male from age 16 -to 65 and tho built like a woman had the heart of a frickin CHILD!!! still do thank Goddeses..She is still very exploitable!! Ever hear of Frat boy storys? how girls get wrangled into white slavery? of date rape drugs? seduction? Child fucking porn? dirty old men?
Well no? REALLY?
You assclowns who are making this less important because she was a rebelling troubled pretty teen- are half the problem with the systems outside the burn- You can eat a dick all day ..eat it and choke- and think about the kids that never go home ever again or just become posters on a lamp post next a candle -
Id wait as long as it takes for anychild.
Fuck you..
I gaurentee IF it was your kid- IF YOU HAVE A KID_ youd be doing fucking handstands and begging the world to stop for those precious first moments that your baby goes missing.
Selfish fucking people- your important lives and inadvertant inattention to detail is why kids are killed and enslaved every 15 fucking minutes a day in the real world. shut up- and deal with it .
if you hate having to pause for even 10 minutes for the safety of a child and the future of our community- stay the fuck HOME- or maybe join some other nifty festival group- like ummm Disneyland- or a adult only Princess Cruise..
I think she should get imancipated and be made to do community service thru the Gate to learn the weight of her actions- the quality of the people whom cared as much for her if not more than her fucking dad- and to learn the responsibility of service to others over personal needs. She is too young and too conflicted to know the value of her life- I hope that we as a community will step up and show her what ever her issues.
That is the best way to get even and prove your more adult than your parents..Become more responsible and adjusted than they are and kick ass with the principles.
There that being said and a huge thank you to those who did their god damn job to find that girl..
I wish to say Im sorry if I offend but- this is stupid all the debate- its our policy- Its as inconveiniant to most all of us as a storm or any other thing that can happen- Its the right thing to do and im glad it was so triffle as a two hour lock down over a tiff as it was reported- -again I dont think she should be kicked out but instead embraced with arms of the persons who loved her enough to stop- look-and listen all of it- FOR HER and teach her how to do it for others.

and if the lil wildhair fucks up again..take away her XBOX - her smart phone- and make her moop the whole Playa.
I wish our survival guide said something about Smarm and self intitlement prevention.

[some seeing eye]

TL;DR but I always enjoy the Random writings. It's work to write that way.

[CitizenRandom]

TL;DR but I always enjoy the Random writings. It's work to write that way.

Jeezus Wow! you bet..my fucking brain bleeds..
thanks for the random word..
lol..lo-fucking-l

[ygmir]

TL;DR but I always enjoy the Random writings. It's work to write that way.

Jeezus Wow! you bet..my fucking brain bleeds..
thanks for the random word..
lol..lo-fucking-l

this.......^^^^^^^^^^^ is funny

[Bob]

Citizen -- Again, we have no idea about the specifics of her family & camp situation, but yes the org was prepared to do the right thing, and did it.

[onzilla]

From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs

[Candybox]

I would rather be safe than sorry. Sorry that it harshed your mellow and inconvenienced your burn for two whole hours.

Hindsight is 20/20. The girl was an asshat for running away and putting everyone in a tizzy. Nonetheless, it's probably more dangerous out on the playa for a mid-teenager than a child, since she is looks old enough to know better, is young enough to not know better, and just the right age to think she knows all.

I hope she's grounded at the moment and her parents have banned her from the burn, but I'm also glad that we have a system in place that works.

[Bob]

...inconvenienced your burn for two whole hours...

Allegedly.

[Eric]

...inconvenienced your burn for two whole hours...

Allegedly.

Or not at all. Hell, I didn't even find out about it until I got home, and never noticed it out there.

The only people who were inconvenienced were the people who wanted to leave in that two hour window, and personally I don't see that as a major inconvenience unless someone had a dire emergency. Hell, people wait almost that long to get into brunch in SF on the weekend - lets keep 2 hours in perspective.

[wraith]

...inconvenienced your burn for two whole hours...

Allegedly.

Or not at all. Hell, I didn't even find out about it until I got home, and never noticed it out there.

The only people who were inconvenienced were the people who wanted to leave in that two hour window, and personally I don't see that as a major inconvenience unless someone had a dire emergency. Hell, people wait almost that long to get into brunch in SF on the weekend - lets keep 2 hours in perspective.

Whereas a lot of the rest of the country would consider a 2 hour wait for a meal absurd. Even perspective needs perspective.

[onzilla]

...inconvenienced your burn for two whole hours...

Allegedly.

Or not at all. Hell, I didn't even find out about it until I got home, and never noticed it out there.

The only people who were inconvenienced were the people who wanted to leave in that two hour window, and personally I don't see that as a major inconvenience unless someone had a dire emergency. Hell, people wait almost that long to get into brunch in SF on the weekend - lets keep 2 hours in perspective.

Very profound.

And this just in....

They have actually changed the missing child protocol for next time.

If they don't find the girl in two hours, authorities can then authorize themselves to search any vehicle or camp on the entire playa.

And if that does work after two days. Everyone will have to submit to bar coding and scanning to ensure that we are not the kidnappers of this girl.

[happydragon]

Whaaaa.......... I had to stay on the playa longer.... poor baby.....

They overreacted, the girl was fine, people are pissed. If they hadn't over reacted and she had been taken off playa never to be seen again, people would be pissed and asking why they didn't shut down the city when she was reported missing. Catch 22.

[Candybox]

Whaaaa.......... I had to stay on the playa longer.... poor baby.....

They overreacted, the girl was fine, people are pissed. If they hadn't over reacted and she had been taken off playa never to be seen again, people would be pissed and asking why they didn't shut down the city when she was reported missing. Catch 22.

Unbalanced Catch 22 too. If she was fine, life goes one. If she'd actually been abducted... well, let's just say it would give Pershing County a whole better edge to shut this little party down.

[Nipple]

I like when conversations about issues take longer than the issue being discussed existed.

[gyre]

Because there won't be any more teenagers out there?

I think it's interesting that we have no problem holding fifteen year olds responsible enough to routinely sentence them to life in prison, but somehow this apparently mentally normal girl is too fragile to manage in an environment distinctly safer than the average urban district.

Do you suppose she is never allowed outside on her own at home?

[Good Sarah]

So I have a somewhat different perspective . . . I lay most of the blame on the parents or guardians of the teenager. If you take a teenager up to Burning Man you damn well better have some idea how they are going to act and react to the events at B'Man. You damn well better trust their judgement, because there is no way you'll keep them on a leash the whole time. You damn well should have "the serious talk" about behavior, consequences, communication and the seriousness of the event. And, let them know how to have fun safely. OR, if you don't trust them enough to not worry then don't bring them. Period. It's not like you can follow them around all the time with night scopes. It's not like you want to anyway. And if you've never been to the event then you really shouldn't take a kid your first year.

I say all this as a father who brought his teenage daughter (17) twice. We had "the talk", I walked the city with her for a few days and then she was on her own. I just asked that she let me know more or less what she was up to and more or less when she'd check back in, usually within about a 12 hour window. She loved it, she didn't get into any lasting trouble (meaning I didn't see any aftermath) and she'll go again on her own.

I completely agree with this. It's one thing to bring a child or teenager who has proven to be reliable and trustworthy in the default world onto the playa There is no way this girl was an otherwise respectful and responsible person, clearly she has behavioral problems that most likely manifest themselves in the default world. It can't be much of a shock to her parents that they've got an impulsive, selfish, and reckless teenage girl on their hands. I think it's incredibly naive to stick a young person like that in Kidsville and expect them not to rebel. Sure there are responsible parents who do great with their kids on the playa. But as someone who's grown up around festival culture, I've seen a lot of parents behave negligently in big event settings and there's no reason BM would be immune. We all know not everyone abides by the 10 principles and a lot of people have a hard time being responsible for their own actions. Once you add a bratty teen into the mix, we get situations like this where the community has to absorb the consequences. There WILL be parents who can't control their kids and teenagers, and they WILL bring their reckles, rebellious teenagers who want nothing more than to run away from Kidsville. This is a fact.