Rainboy Family Peace Gathering turns violent

[Ripsnort]

Here is what they are about:

The Rainbow Family of Living Light was founded on certain principles which include:

Respect for others
Non-violence
Consensus through an open egalitarian counselling process
Caring, Sharing, and Doing
Every peaceful person is welcomed to attend and participate.

In the news today:

http://media.steamboatpilot.com/drudge/37737.html
Tensions run high in forest
Forest Service abandons checkpoint after incident with Rainbow group

By Matt Stensland

Wednesday, June 21, 2006

CLARK — The Rainbow Family peace gathering turned hostile Tuesday when a group of attendees began hurling rocks and sticks at law enforcement officers, U.S. Forest Service officials said.

The incident forced the officers to abandon a checkpoint they had established near the entrance to the Rainbow gathering campsite in North Routt County, Forest Service spokeswoman Diann Ritschard said. Officers had not returned to the checkpoint as of Tuesday afternoon.

The incident happened at about 11 a.m. and involved Forest Service officers who were manning the checkpoint set up to issue citations to anyone attempting to enter the gathering. Citations were being issued because Rainbow Family members had not signed a free Forest Service special-use permit, which is required for gatherings of 75 or more people.

Before the Tuesday morning incident, Forest Service officials were blocking people from entering the gathering and telling them to "turn around," Forest Service spokeswoman Denise Ottaviano said.

Officials said a group of about 100 people -- some of whom already were inside the gathering area -- participated in the incident. Other participants included people waiting outside the checkpoint who were told they could not enter the gathering, Ritschard said.

No arrests were made, and the officers left the scene because they did not want to escalate the situation, Ritschard said. No officers were injured.

"This incident will be investigated, and we're not exactly sure what course of action will be taken," Ritschard said. "The Forest Service is deciding what action to take."

In addition to Forest Service law enforcement officers, a Routt County Sheriff's Office deputy also was at the checkpoint at the time of the incident, Ritschard said.

"The Forest Service is very serious about the safety of our officers and cooperators," Ritschard said.

Also Tuesday, an incomplete special-use permit application was submitted to the Forest Service, Ritschard said. She said the application contained profanity where the applicant was supposed to write the location of the gathering. The application can't be accepted as submitted, Ritschard said.

Between 60 and 70 illegal gathering citations had been issued to Rainbow gathering attendees as of Tuesday morning. As many as 20,000 people are expected to attend the official peace gathering from July 1 to 7. About 500 people already have arrived.

Citations will be issued to people who use the closed trails or ignore other regulations, including:

â– Public nudity

â– Camping within 150 feet of any running stream or body of water

â– Placing kitchen facilities, food preparation areas, gray water pits or slit trenches within 300 feet of any running stream or body of water

â– Placing kitchen facilities, food preparation areas, gray water pits or slit trenches within 150 feet of any open road

â– Cutting any standing trees in the area described as: north of Forest Road 505, west of Forest Road 498, south of the private property in Big Red Park and east of Forest Road 500.

Also, about 15 miles of National Forest system motorized trails (numbers 1204 and 1199) near the Rainbow gathering have been closed. Ritschard said the trails were closed to keep the public away from the gathering.

"Most people would enjoy (trails) more at a place that is less congested," Ritschard said.

[Debonair]

they'll never collect a penny from those hippies.
killing them all would cost some $ in bullets & shovels.
damned if you do
damned if you dont

[Pooh21]

Originally posted by Debonair
they'll never collect a penny from those hippies.
killing them all would cost some $ in bullets & shovels.
damned if you do
damned if you dont

its half the cost if you bludgeon, then bury em with the shovels.

damdirtyhippys

[lukster]

They don't call it "acid" for nothing. Just say no kids.

[Jackal1]

Give peace a chance.

[Masherbrum]

too funny

[StarOfAfrica2]

The Rainbow Family of Living Light was founded on certain principles which include:

Respect for others
Non-violence
Consensus through an open egalitarian counselling process
Caring, Sharing, and Doing
Every peaceful person is welcomed to attend and participate.

Thats funny.  

Really.  

Any of you ever met Rainbow People?

I encountered a band of them going to one of their "gatherings" in the Shawnee natl. forest in S. Illinois about ............. oh, I guess about 15 or 16 years ago.  I had no idea what they were, other than they stank of sweat and pi$$ and some other interesting odors I've only encountered in a milder form when several of us would go hunting for 2 weeks and share a cabin in the woods with no way to bathe or wash clothes after gutting deer.  About all we could do was splash some water on us out of a small stream out back and wash our hands.  Take that smell and muliply it by about 100 times and thats the smell these ............ freaks ............ gave off.  They cleared out the dining room and lobby of the restaraunt I was managing at the time just by standing there.  When I went to see what they wanted, they started begging for food.  I turned them down and one of the smelly things (I think it was female, at least I have convinced myself it was just for the sake of my own sanity) actually offered to "service" me in their VW van (which they claimed broke down conveniently in my parking lot) in exchange for food.  

They use the barter system for everything you see.  They dont believe in money.  Some of them make crafts to trade.  I saw one of them that made a rather realistic suit of armor out of galvanized steel trash cans.  Some grow pot to trade.  Those guys are really popular for some reason.  Some of them trade sex for what they want.  Why anyone would be interested I dont know, but I guess if you all look and smell that bad, you dont notice anymore.  

I managed to decline without gagging, but thats when they started to get nasty.  Apparently their "non-violence" policy only applies to each other or people who give them stuff.  Everyone else is open season.  One of them tried to come around the end of the counter where the cash register was, headed for the kitchen, and one of the waitresses gave him a big driveway broom to the nose.  Didnt help his looks any, but it sure made him back off.  Someone else had already called the police and they showed up about then, and amazingly that broke down old VW started up and they took off.  

I have a "shoot on sight" policy for Rainbow People after that.