[BlarneyStoner]

I think all I was saying is that Phish probably had a choice to pay for police or not do the show... I think that 99.99% of the people who went were happy with their ultimate decision.

$1.2 million sounds like a huge number. When it comes to drugs, it's not. If you want to adjust for 30 years of inflation, I think you'd not find the comparison between arrests at some Dead shows that far off the mark.

Your comparison of that show to your houseparty is far from apt in a million ways. If you had the choice to throw a houseparty with law enforcement, or not throw one at all, you'd dissapoint four people, and have no effect on your livelihood.

The Dead DID pay for law enforcement... the result, be it $1.2 million, or fifty cents, is immaterial to your argument, which is that Phish are assholes for agreeing to pay at all.

I like reading your posts Sam, because they are usually pretty eloquent, but that doesn't change the fact that you enjoy shit-stirring for the sake of the smell...