From: bz206@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Joseph Hack)
Newsgroups: rec.music.gdead
Subject: Better DEAD than a DEADHEAD!
Date: 5 Nov 1992 22:32:41 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: bz206@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Joseph Hack)
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        The Deadheads have floated off to another tour stop, with
compliments bouncing off their earrings.  "Laid back," said David Fester.
"Mellow," said another observer.  "Full of light and happiness," chimed
in someone else.  Dirty, smelly, infectious disease carriers, say I.

        I guess a lot of them were in happyland.  Authorities had to cope
with a rash of arrests for possession of marijuana, laughing gas, LSD,
and tranquilizers.  Some of the 60,000 freaks and weirdos who descended upon
us for 5 days probably didn't know what planet they were on.  One guy even
smelled like a Potdome.

        Why should we law-abiding taxpayers tolerate freaked-out creeps
urinating on out streets, tying up traffic and turning the beautiful city
park into a shantytown along the bay?  One guy even hopped in the river,
then was hit by two cars.  Seeing that he survived, he must have been relaxed
as a rubber band.

        These people are misfits, folks.  They should be herded up and
kept a safe distance from modern civilization.

        As for the coliseum, do we want to turn it into another
Central Arena garbage heap?  You know about the heap, don't you?  That's the
once-beautiful place that was groomed for Beethoven and Bach and now rattles
and shakes to trhe sounds of guys who thump guitars and sing like they're
gargling.

        It's frightening to think of our tax-supported Arena
turning into a House of Rock, just for the sake of making a buck.  It's
starting out that way; first with the Grateful Dead, now with Motley Crue,
probably Megadeth will be next.  The Grateful bunch sounds like a church choir
compared to the Motley gang, and the fans who follow them have been know to
take some pretty heady stuff, not the least of which includes quaaludes,
valium, crack cocaine, and even heroin!

What about Albany itself?  Admiral Whalen is doing a good job of
spiffing it up (although in his zest some people are being squeezed out into
the suburbs).  Do we want our parks, streets and playgrounds overrun with
Deadheads and other pop group followers?  I think not.

        Then there's the Corning preserve.  It's nice.  It's quiet.  It's
scenic.  I don't think it should be used as a campsite for Deadheads or anyone
else.  It seems it would take a small army to enforce the bottle law alone.
Deadheads are quite fond of trashing beautiful places, spreading feces on
trees, bushes, sidewalks, and even themselves on occasion.

        Everyone's talking about the homeless problem.  Look at the
Deadheads  - the hard-core, on-the-road Deadheads, not the local fans.  They
were sleeping in tents, in cars, in doorways, anywhere they could.  It's a
cinch they didn't fill out the census forms or pay their taxes.

        These gypsy fans are pathetic.  Many of them are over-the-hill,
spaced-out hippies who are just one, big, royal pain to law enforcement
officers, sanitation crews and ordinary people who shouldn't have to put
up with such stuff.  They invite themselves into a community, clog the
streets, foul the place, act weird, then leave wearing their tie-dyed shirts,
sandals, and sneakers to do the same thing someplace else.  Guess who pays
for the mess?

        These poor souls, and I said they were pathetic, have had their
minds captured.  I'm not sure how, why or the reason behind it, but they
are lost children, even if a lot of them are balding.  How would you like
to see your youngster wandering aimlessly around the country, taking drugs,
living like a vagrant, wasting his or her life?

        When the Moonies were charged with capturing the minds of kids
there was a public outcry.  Investigations, hearings, news media exposure.
When Timothy Leary was peddling his LSD message, sanity and responsibility took
over and he was put out of business.  He should have been put in the electric
chair for his crimes against the government and humanity.

        OK, you say, the Grateful Dead don't play hard rock, their lyrics
aren't suggestive, some of their followers are more into marijuana and mind-
mellowing stuff than they are heroin or cocaine.  But, the band still is the
Pied Piper of a lost generation, and should be held accountable for its
actions.  Jerry should be spending the rest of his days in prison, not
laughing all the way to the bank with the money he has stolen from these
mindless pathetic hippies.

        Sorry, Deadheads, but your Grateful Dead have led too many fans
down a drug-filled path to a meaningless existence.  The days of the flower
children are over.  Maybe it's time for the group to pack it in.  Disband.
Society would be better off for it.  So would our cities, our tax-supported
arenas and our law-abiding citizens.

May the new drug war begin with the Deadheads.  They are responsible for all
the real problems in this country today.