nor will it be fixed by keeping quiet and blowing sunshine up everyone's ass.

lol, kid? You crack me up. As for "US jail", well, do you have any advice for European jails, or northern african jails? for the 2004 and 2005 Gumballs? Or did you not participate in any of those because your "sponsor" couldn't pay for you to get your car over there? Have you ever actually had a warrant for arrest in the US for speeding? I have....but I guess since we've never met, and I'm just kid, and you seem to know everything about me, you already knew that.

Sponsors don't "pay the drivers and own the cars". Each car / team has their own funding worked out, whether that be through sponsorship or personal wealth, that is up to the drivers and team members. A large number of those cars are self funded entries from bored, wealthy car enthusiasts looking for something to do. Wait, am I talking to Max Cooper here? That would explain all this "wager on where the car and driver will place and pay the fines and escape being detained in a US jail" bullshit.

It's not a RACE, it's RALLY. But if you had ever actually participated in a Gumball, you would know that.

i seriously doubt you can afford the entry fee.

that is all gumball rally footage from the tekademics car.

from about 5 or 6 years ago.

actually, the scene needs this happening all the time so people know who's parties to go to, and who's parties not to go to. I think it's pretty clear right now who's parties not to go to.

tazz, your post is completely irrelevant, yeah, I have thrown many parties where there was "bad luck", and no, we never treated our ravers like hostages. you don't make any sense.

Tipsy had the balls to speak out, everyone else is too political or just too naive to accept treatment like that.

and last I checked, Jessie, we see each other once a year...I don't think you are in the best position to judge my posting motivations....Why should the community stay quiet when things like this happen? At what point did someone put a gun to the promoters head and force him to agree with the owner of the venue?

"the owner's choice"? The promoters rent the venue from the owner - he can't "force" them to lock people in the basement, that was completely in their control. They could and should have stood up to the owner. There is no scapegoat when it comes to throwing an event, responsibility ultimately falls back to the promoters. The ticket buyers put their trust in these people.

I think the "if you aren't happy don't go" applies very well in this situation. Don't go to these promoter's parties, anymore. It's disgusting.

This is completely ridiculous.

First of all, forcing party goers into a basement and not letting them leave because the police arrive is complete bullshit. Any promoter who would do such a thing is the most amateur, unprofessional joker I have ever heard of.

Every single party I threw, the police arrived. Every single one. They usually stayed for about an hour, and moved through the crowd and around the venue while I accompanied them to explain the situation and answer their questions. At no time did the party ever stop, or was anyone ever forced to hide. Once, I turned down the volume a few notches, while being observed by a police officer. Once, someone was ejected from the party for doing K in front of an officer.

For all of you people who sat in that basement and didn't cause a huge commotion to leave, as was your right - that's just sad. For all of you who defend these promoter's actions, and say that speaking out against them "hurts the scene" - that is even MORE sad. I'll tell you what hurts the scene - amateur hour promoters who don't know how to plan their parties properly and pull bullshit stunts like this. If the "scene" you are trying so hard to protect consists of flakes like the people who pulled this shit, well, that's not a scene worth protecting.

why anyone would ever attend another party by these promoters, I don't know.

you're fucking ridiculous.

what's weird is i have tons of communist vinyl, from the early part of communist rule in russia.

it's too bad that we are allowed to hate people with dumb ideas, but not people with dumb skin colours.

the world isn't just split into office, fast food, and construction work....

ha how is it an assumption?

btw, are your second and third jobs

1 - an alley

2 - in front of a webcam?


be honest - do you have the office job for the sole purpose of having something to tell your parents?

working in an office is like being dead. welcome to your zombie life.

office jobs suck.

hahahaha terminating a partnership over a webboard, that's hilarious!

the only notion of non-compete that exists outside of civil contracts would be laws that prohibit you from using knowledge of another company's inner workings, products, services, etc, and applying that knowledge to your position at the new company.

There is no "implied law" on this "issue". I am under contract with 3 major pharmaceutical companies. There is no "non-compete" law other than what you sign contractually, and even then, some states have "right to work" laws that void any non-competes you may have signed.

Yes, the contracts I have signed are for both american and canadian companies.

If you don't know what you are talking about, then don't post. I am sorry you signed a non-compete, but not everybody does.

it's completely illegal, public or private, you do not know what you are talking about at ALL.

if the policy discriminates equally, then they should not have singled out a particular ethnicity in their public statement. At the VERY least, there should be a public apology, at the VERY least in print media.
Aria does not have the right to "protect it's patrons" by discriminating against an entire racial group.
ARIA should seriously reconsider which staff members they allow to make public statements that represent their club.

here is the response I sent them:

" Jean-Frederic,

There is nothing illegal about any of my actions. I don't require your permission to post our correspondence on my website. You are welcome to consult with your lawyers regarding this issue. I understand that we have differing opinions regarding your racist door policy, but that does not translate into any kind of crime on my part. I have also posted our entire conversation on several message boards. And by the way, thank you for visiting my website.

Best of luck,
Benjamin Hunting."

Has anyone else had any contact with Aria about this new policy?

email i just received from Aria:

"You should know that posting e-mails on your web-site with no permission is illegal and you should take it off before you receive a legal letter from us.

As far as calling us racist on your web-site, it's a personal attack and we will take actions against you!

We are far to be racist and most of our employes are non whites and any of my allegations are far to be racist.


You should act with jugement!


Jean-Frederic Laberge
Aria - Dagobert
[ www.aria-nightclub.com ]


I guess they went to my website, where I posted all of our correspondence so far. I have broken no laws, so they are welcome to take whatever "legal" action they see fit.

are you seriously defending concentration camps? quit while you are ahead dude. your moral comment is complete bullshit.

you are completely wrong. companies cannot discriminate. there are many many laws to prevent this from happening. sorry. don't confuse freedom of speech with discrimination at a corporate or business level.

yeah, it is a free country, which is why clubs shouldn't discriminate entrance based on race. it's NOT his choice. that's like saying "it's his company and if he doesn't want women working there, that's his choice". listen to yourself man.

my correspondence with Aria on this issue:

Jean-Frederic,

On the public statement released to Rave Montreal it was specifically stated:

"C'est dommage pour ceux qui sont corrects et qui vont écoper parce qu'au Aria, l'entrée à toutes personnes de couleur noir et le moindrement habillé de façon ''hip-hop'' ce verra refuser et ce dès vendredi prochain."

This specifically targets blacks, not "black and white gang members". I don't see how you can defend this as anything other than a policy of racial intolerance. And honestly, I further fail to see how security of you club is important to you - if you club practised proper security procedures, fights and incidents would be dealt with quickly and professionally, and weapons wouldn't be able to pass through your doors into your club.

Finally, in regards to your statement "We don't care what you think us" - well, that much is clear. You don't care about your customers - and since you don't care about your customers, I will no longer be a customer. And neither will anyone I can convince otherwise. I honestly don't understand how you plan on staying in business with such an attitude.

Benjamin Hunting.

info wrote:

> Hi,
> I don't know what you are talking about but street gang members are mostly black in Montreal and nobody black or white looking like gang members will be allowed in the club. We are far to be racist, people from every where in the world are working at our club.
>
> We don't care what you think of us, what is important for us is the security in our club and every people that will not look right will be ban.
>
>
>
>
>
> Jean-Frederic Laberge
> Aria - Dagobert
> [ www.aria-nightclub.com ]
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: B Hunting
> To: info@aria-nightclub.com
> Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 2:23 PM
> Subject: Regarding your recent public statement that you will no longer allow black people "dressed in hip hop style" to enter your club.
>
> Hello,
>
> I was shocked and appalled when I read your statement that blacks were
> no longer welcome in your club. Regardless of how many justifications
> and calims of violence you care to make, it essentially comes down to a
> ractist statement of intolerance and a lack of will to enforce proper
> security. I have been throwing parties for over 5 years and I've never
> encountered such a disgusting attitude. I will never set foot in your
> club again - you do not deserve my money - and none of my artists will
> ever play or promote any of your events.
>
> Sincerely,
> Benjamin Hunting
> President, Repent Tokyo Records.
>

fuck aria, not letting people in because of their race? they don't deserve my money.

[ pumpupthenmovie.com ] like it says at the end. it's a viral advertising thing.

it's from a web movie from a few years ago about cheerleading, it's completely staged.

the one with the rant line is decent, the other one fucking sucks.

bla bla bla bla.

gas didn't go to 1.90 anywhere in montreal, people just like to spread rumours to scare others.

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way to grab credit, attention whore.

i don't even have cable, assfuk.

the world is one's mirror? who the fuck are you, oprah winfrey? and you take my journal entries seriously? AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA AHAAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAH

wtf is that supposed to mean? what are you talking about ? worst day of my life? the worst day of my life was the day your mother's cancre-infested meat hole gave birth to the reptile tailed deformed zit faced puke known as you, asshole.

i guess we all have to derive our superiority somewhere - i get it from "dissecting", you get it from bagging super stoned 15 year old candy kids in the back of a school bus.

chichi boy? fuck zeev you are a major asshole.

as for kicking you out of a roommates shared housing, he won't have to, because if you ever show up near our home, I am sure I will be up to the task of kicking your skanky ass down the stairs. Same goes for a party venue. Fuck you.

you're a total fucking prick. do himself a favour to keep it this way? what the fuck is that supposed to mean? oooooo, is scott supposed to be scared of your nasty fucking ass? Wow, you're a real tough talking mountain bike riding e thug.

Keep on calling him names tough guy, you may be big shit on Tha Intarrrrrnat, but in real life, i'm willing to bet you are the pussiest pizza faced mommma's boy around.

ahahahahaha, man, you are such a jerk. wait, should i "do myself a favour" too, or am I safe from your ridiculous wrath, assfuck?

just pick up the motherfuckin' phone and dial.

otherwise, it;s obvious that she wanted the attention for what happened. no that's it that's all.