tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25556312.post1594041075049278215..comments2024-03-01T03:16:14.116+00:00Comments on Another Green World: Cops ban Big Green Gathering so punters will go to Vestas on Isle of WightDerek Wallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05462511891409913195noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25556312.post-49783850734636376502009-08-30T06:12:59.404+00:002009-08-30T06:12:59.404+00:00good morning - please see my Big Green World - par...good morning - please see my Big Green World - partnership working for a Greener World proposal on my blog here http://paperworkfairy.wordpress.com/2009/08/29/bgw2029/ and let me know what you think - please? thank you fairy much >;<Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12685575251879269549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25556312.post-49108527983411344002009-07-31T08:30:56.440+00:002009-07-31T08:30:56.440+00:00www.biju.tkwww.biju.tktwistedglobehttp://www.twistedglobe.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25556312.post-20683780257858366152009-07-30T17:55:23.935+00:002009-07-30T17:55:23.935+00:00unfortuantly schneews is not known for its unbiase...unfortuantly schneews is not known for its unbiased objective veiwpoint.<br />there are many issues at stake here that so far the BGG organisers have omitted to mention.<br />Im a sharholders in the company a nd have contacted both mendip & stuart security to confirm various things that went on. I will ask the BGG folk at their stall at the big chill.<br />you gotta understand that ive been Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02002636653305133474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25556312.post-87025535358370255812009-07-29T12:53:56.575+00:002009-07-29T12:53:56.575+00:00What really really gets me about the big green gat...What really really gets me about the big green gathering is that it's in the middle of nowhere with no public transport links. The biggest impact of any event is audience travel; this increases dramatically when you stick it out in the sticks. Yes, it's a beautiful location but you should take the message to the cities rather than the cities to the message. As for the licence, BGG GMPSAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25556312.post-48032845709340517322009-07-28T16:42:37.549+00:002009-07-28T16:42:37.549+00:00Dear Another Green World,
I'm a 'veteran&#...Dear Another Green World,<br />I'm a 'veteran' of 5 BGGs - it was always a good, cool festival just keeping a balance between the peoples festive spirit and a future green political economy.<br />Its screaming shame that the police and Mendip bureaucrats have shut down the BGG this year. <br />I am very sorry for all the BGG workers and participants and I hope we can all recover and Mark Dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25556312.post-29284137409527008522009-07-28T14:21:56.185+00:002009-07-28T14:21:56.185+00:00In fact many routine issues were not dealt with at...In fact many routine issues were not dealt with at all. The organisation this year has for various reasons been even more of a complete shambles than ever before,and more importantly only about 4000 tickets had been sold, leaving the company financially and practically incapable of complying with the licence conditions, and playing into the hands of the authorities who were, it's true, only Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25556312.post-22004583894116808402009-07-28T11:55:53.710+00:002009-07-28T11:55:53.710+00:00To anonymous at 7.09, I don't think you've...To anonymous at 7.09, I don't think you've actually been following the story. It's easy to gloss over these things when you don't actually look at the facts.<br /><br />Suppliers not being paid up front? You mean the security firm handpicked by police (and having a very cosy relationship with them) who suddenly decided they wanted money up front a few days ago and then pulled out Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25556312.post-40535365712093815852009-07-28T07:09:03.126+00:002009-07-28T07:09:03.126+00:00The BGG has had money issues in past years, this o...The BGG has had money issues in past years, this one is no different. At the end of the day if you don’t pay people especially with a poor track record what do you expect.<br />As I understand it there were many organisations which were not paid up front, or agreements not formalised. In some case we are talking thousands why shouldn’t they be paid up front.<br />The grounds for stopping the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25556312.post-9321687087366584242009-07-27T22:24:07.443+00:002009-07-27T22:24:07.443+00:00I was gutted too and expect to be out of pocket bu...I was gutted too and expect to be out of pocket but accept that politics and unsustainable growth of the BGG has killed it for good.<br /><br />Is this a bad thing, beyond the loss of all the enormous amount of effort and love that was poured into this fantastic but now historical event.<br /><br />The lesson for me is to organise locally, stay below the radar and make better use of time and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25556312.post-18675428812157380262009-07-27T22:00:15.142+00:002009-07-27T22:00:15.142+00:00We'll probably never know the truth. Was it a ...We'll probably never know the truth. Was it a basic failure of the BGG organisers or was it a determined effort by government (local or national) or police to stop the BGG? Looks like the organisers may well have made some mistakes, but the government put a mountain of red tape and expensive/difficult hoops to jump through. Not surprising that it was possible to find requirements which hadn&#Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25556312.post-85976226635014268722009-07-27T18:35:32.251+00:002009-07-27T18:35:32.251+00:00The problem with the ideas that 'the good will...The problem with the ideas that 'the good will out' and 'rely on hope' is that the powers that be don't ever ever rely on hope and justice to get what they want...and if we do we end up being sitting ducks, too busy dancing around a camp fire and communing with nature to see what's being taken away from us..<br />where do we, indeed, go from here? Sometimes I'm sad I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25556312.post-59682831229865497092009-07-27T17:23:40.920+00:002009-07-27T17:23:40.920+00:00OK I am really sorry for the BGG organisers, and t...OK I am really sorry for the BGG organisers, and those tickets represented a huge amount of money for me and my family, and I am utterly gutted; the kids are too.<br /><br />Where do we go from here, people?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25556312.post-19425111187262204742009-07-27T15:32:59.291+00:002009-07-27T15:32:59.291+00:00The unelected "Powers That Be" are afrai...The unelected "Powers That Be" are afraid of your power, because your cause is 180 degrees out of phase with theirs.<br /><br />Our so called representative do not represent you, but represent corporations and big money. But be of good cheer because their power is ebbing away and there is nothing they can do about it.<br /><br />We the people will take back our power peacefully, all blahmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08827209788296036465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25556312.post-17842421701500655762009-07-27T14:54:50.379+00:002009-07-27T14:54:50.379+00:00The question is; what the fuck do we do about it?The question is; what the fuck do we do about it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25556312.post-37151205152720347452009-07-27T14:53:49.541+00:002009-07-27T14:53:49.541+00:00If only many of the small businesses that were sup...If only many of the small businesses that were supporting BG and the traders were facing challenging hurdles; unfortunately many have hit the financial wall over this. This was a deliberate and malicious attempt by the police and the authorities to attack and undermine the climate camps and other forms of green protest, in doing so finacially crippling many other 'hippies' and greens. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25556312.post-12835224957367065492009-07-27T09:19:14.961+00:002009-07-27T09:19:14.961+00:00I'm upset that this festy was closed down, it ...I'm upset that this festy was closed down, it displays such a gulf between the rhetoric coming out of people's mouths right now (sure we have to live within our means) and the reality (any real alternative will not be tolerated).<br />My best wishes to all of the people that worked so hard with patience and love to put this on, just think how boring life would be without a few hurdles eh Dom Reidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14774396373712263133noreply@blogger.com