The concerned dad, who didn't want to be identified, thinks his son is doing some drugs. My son is getting more and more into it. It has gotten to the point where we can't control him. It seems to be pretty self-absorbed to me. Pati Adler, an associate professor of sociology at the University of Colorado at Boulder, said that although she would consider ravers social deviants, she wouldn't place ravers on a par with hippies or punk rockers.
Rave culture is predicated on a tacit understanding of drug use.
I think these people take drugs and participate in this dancing and partying for personal hedonism, which is a major difference between the hallucinogen users in the '60s. But Matthew Fox, a defrocked Catholic priest who gives weekly techno Masses in Oakland, Calif., said he disagrees 100 percent. Watching is Nanda McGee. In addition to body piercing, local ravers favor colored hair, baggy pants and hooded sweatshirts. I think there's definitely a philosophy behind raves.