Comments on: Someone HAS to Be That Guy! (A trip to Bat Country)

By: Horseshoe

Horseshoe — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 17:39:51 +0000

Jesus, man…. Do you have any idea what damage you have done to our reputation with this slander? I will not stand by quietly while my camp is dragged through the mud with these libelous accusations!
I was there that night and remember things differently. In fact I rarely leave Bat Country as for some reason other camps aren’t nearly as open to my particular eccentricities.. But I digress….
First, movie night was not hosted by Bat Country. The dude with the RV and movie equipment was so rattled by our behavior that he was in the wind shortly after the movies ended. Gone, and likely never to set foot in BC again.
Second, our behavior that night was obnoxious even by Bat standards. Shouting the dialogue over the movie despite repeatedly being shushed by the poor rubes trying to enjoy the movie, Bats plowing over and through the crowd in a motorized wheelchair. I find the lack of any mention of these events to truly place your credibility at question.
It’s Hunter S Tuesday, you swine, a damned sacred holiday in which we honor the good Dr in ways which would make him proud. We have never hosted a taco Tuesday, my friend. Any hippies thinking of hitting us up for a handout this year are likely to be met by a naked, alopecian giant with one huge testicle we keep on hand for just such occasions.
The tequila, that could have been us. We aren’t completely uncivilized. But the last “drink” I was handed at Bat Country was supposed to be whiskey and had a baby cobra in it. Turned out to be formaldehyde, and these were my own campmates! If I ever remember which one of you that was…
Dirty Sugar though, she truly is a sweetheart. As are most of us, I suppose. But anyone thinking about stopping by our flaming bar, Bastards, does so at your own risk.
Mahalo, and good day, Sir.

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By: 42069er

42069er — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 01:20:43 +0000

a bunch of douche bags driving around talking shit is cool? those things lead to the physical altercations and negative energy you say your hoping to reduce.
did you get beat up in school?

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By: TallNeil

TallNeil — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 02:35:09 +0000

Sounds like you have basically proved your original article to be misleading. This camp sounds really nice at a core.
There are tons of camps and projects on the playa that are basically designed to mess with people. They are the “bastards” you talk of. The camp I have been affiliated with “Driven by Profit” aka “Mobile Boardroom Systems” is one of them; we have a boardroom shaped art car and drive around telling people to get a job and basically yell at them with megaphones like we are their bosses. I even ran CRITICAL MEGAPHONES one year and took over centre camp and debilitated any organized event happening in there. However I would argue that most of these projects are not intended to be truely “negative” but rather sarcastic or dark humor. I personally would hate to think that a persons burn was ‘ruined’ because we made fun of them so bad they were genuinely offend or scared. We have had to struggle with this as some members of our camp (in their intoxicated state) have made racial slurs or said really hateful things, of which I am not proud and I would say is really negative. Your previous article seems to imply that the war was negative energy, where as I bet most of the participants actually had smiles on underneath and recount it as very playful. I suspect the war would have stopped if someone had been badly injured or so offended/violated that they got a cop involved, so it really couldn’t have been that “negative” as in consciously and selfishly detracting from others needs or enjoyment for one own pleasure/needs.
Basically I agree with you that BM needs to let the ‘rough edges’ continue and I hope people keep messing with each other (like the fake portopottie doors, or dosing and shaving as above?), however I still hope we can continue to attempt to reduce the real negative energy such as the thief, the physical fighting, the rape, the injuries, the illegal searches and criminal charges…etc that sadly happen annually.
Good luck you dirty bastard,
Love
TallNeil

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