Rinbows suck!

i have been to the kaibab, as soon as we pulled up we got harassed about forest fires, by the local cop. they did every thing to discourage us from camping there. even threaten us with killer train hoping bums. after we told them that we didnt even care about the bums and we were going to stay without a fire, even though we had our shovel and a bucket for water. they were not happy but lefted us alone. i wasnt high on drugs and alcohol, or my kids would have been taken. they were looking for any excuse.

 

I feel you dude who started this thread!

Waaaay back in the day I was at one of my first big rainbow gatherings and we camped next to this dude with some liquid and he shared and we was trippin hard and built a really too big fire and this rainbower doin the rainbow fire patrol movie (which is a lot like the nic at nite movie or the troll movie, there are "rules", "territories" but really just egos, people, rainbowers, whatever you want to call them who like to play their role when gathering) and he was a mean dude, I mean unnecessarily IMO loud and mean, and he yelled at us and started putting our fire out (there was a fire ban) and we HATED that guy and yelled back that our fire was safe and came THIS CLOSE to going agro on him but we were peace-loving people at heart and let one thing he told us sink in, that if we didn't like him putting out our fire we could just leave, so we left. Anyway, we were'nt in the clearest-headed state of mind and the guy was RIGHT and GOOD and HONORABLE and BRAVE and a freaking RAINBOW HERO to do fire patrol on our asses, though he was a little ROUGH in his presentation. I have met him many a time after that, and if any of you have rainbowed for a while you know who I mean, he's a fanatic about fire patrol and he comes off like a drill seargent, though a skinny-hippy looking one. Anyway, he only does it because he loves us and we could have called a Shante Sena if we really wanted to call him out. Of course, if we did that on that night all we would have gotten was dozens of people agreeing with him. they just would have been nicer maybe ;-). Nice doesn't put out the fire very quickly, but take heart rainbows this man's wrath at bad attitude. LOVE your brother, and though tough love actions may be necessary to keep peace, keep your words and attitude in a pleasant tone, because it's a GATHERING of the PEOPLE after all.

The gathering of the tribes means that all sorts of DIFFERENT tribes gather for these rainbow events. We all have to figure out how to live together. YOU are a huge part of how your experience is defined. And if you don't like how your experience is going at that moment, do what you can to change it. If it's as intense and out of control like this one was, call Shante Sena and you will get a large cross-section of ALL the people gathered there to make it work. You will have your say right then and there so you don't have to wait until you get to a computer to vent.

Don't let that experience stop you from having a "next time." Next time, you can make it better. Next time, maybe you'll start or find a safe fire or grill for everyone to be part of that wants to. Next time, if you want to be alone, maybe you will set up camp far from other people. Next time, if you want to drink, maybe you will be ready for those who will want you to move, or you will go to Acamp, or you will camp far from other people. I said "Rainbows Suck!" too after my fire patrol movie, but after I started wandering the gathering from being kicked out of my trippy fire movie that night, I had a more wonderful and mind-opening time. I was glad not to be stuck tending my own fire making my own trip interesting and I let the whole gathering keep me warm and happy.

Loving you brother for posting your experience!

 

At the risk of judging a book by it's cover, I seem to feel that the way this thread was started said it all about the way person posting it. How many people were at the gathering that year? 20,000 or more. How many of those people in your opinion 'suck'? Did you have encounters with them all. Believe me, I've met plenty of people at gatherings that I would rather just stay away from, and that's just what I do. Painting us all with one brush is just rude.
I will say though that sometimes we have a hard time dealing with the alcohol 'rule'. See, the logic behind no booze is that some of us have been gathering long enough to see booze mess up everything we're trying to do. And Rainbow is in a way about freedom and individuality, but it's more about gathering to pray for peace. you throw an ingredient into the mix like alcohol and you're really sabatoging what we're there to do. It's NOT about do whatever the hell you want. That's Burning Man or something. We're gathering PEACEFULLY, to PRAY FOR PEACE. Anyone who tells you otherwise is missing the point. Having said that, someone could have explained it to you in a friendly manner instead of being a dickhead about it, but none of us are perfect.
Yeah, I'm having a bad day so I'm riled up now. You want a drunken drugfest, go to Burning Man!!!!!

 

you hippies are so defensive, oh yeah and what about 'rules' in a national forest?




i think not