tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post8475160781288306629..comments2024-03-28T09:33:26.444+00:00Comments on No Rock And Roll Fun: Venuewatch: Save the FreebuttSimon Hayes Budgenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07084524317888577404noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-45673173718446683372010-06-19T13:48:15.732+00:002010-06-19T13:48:15.732+00:00No, obviously, if comments weren't welcome I&#...No, obviously, if comments weren't welcome I'd just switch the comments off. It'd save getting the grief from the people in comment farms who just dump link after link after link to World Of Warcraft or Witchywar or whatever it is.<br /><br />But commenting is a dialogue, so I'm going to respond to interesting comments. <br /><br />It's strange, you describe yourself as "a fair human being", and yet in your earlier post, you called the Freebutt campaign "a farce" and "ridiculously one sided", rejected their claims that they were going to be forced to close if they had to drop their sound levels, called their word "NOT law" and cast doubt on the veracity of their claims. For someone portraying themselves as being fair-minded, you seem to have already made up yours.<br /><br />Obviously, you don't have to give up your anonymity, but it seems curious that you've chosen not to.Simon Hayes Budgenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07084524317888577404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-70177928161898850702010-06-19T13:23:21.062+00:002010-06-19T13:23:21.062+00:00Actually I'm just a Brighton music fan who'...Actually I'm just a Brighton music fan who's heard lots of gigs at The Freebutt and someone sent me a link to this story which I've been following for the past couple of days.<br /><br />But I'd also like to think I'm a fair human being who wants to hear both sides of the story.<br /><br />I assume you put up these stories because you want people to comment on them but perhaps I'm wrong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-22892359653294214182010-06-19T12:56:25.705+00:002010-06-19T12:56:25.705+00:00I suspect you'd be closer to about the 27,000t...I suspect you'd be closer to about the 27,000th time in around ten years, Anonymous.<br /><br />The report was on the Freebutt issuing a statement and letting people know there's a petition they can sign if they'd like.<br /><br />You seem to have some trouble following the nuts and bolts of the story - perhaps you're responding to the 'incompleteness' by only reading half of it? - but while the council doesn't want to close down the venue, if the sound has to be limited to a lower level than currently allowed, it will make the venue inoperable. It's a bit like saying you're not going to force butchers shops to close, but that in future they can't sell meat.<br /><br />Yes, I realise that the Freebutt aren't exactly impartial in this story, which is why I've flagged up that the statement is <i>their</i> statement. Most adults are capable of processing that one side's view of events is going to be one-sided.<br /><br />By the way, thanks for the link to the council statement, which contains the quote that somehow I managed to use in yesterday's piece despite not having any balance. <br /><br />What interests me, though, is that almost as soon as this post appeared you were leaping on it - now, it's possible that you're a regular reader who comes for the odd posting of 1990s indiepop video and the odd jibe at EMI management. But I'm not so sure. Care to shed your anonymity and reveal to us why you're so interested in the case? After all, you're very keen for us to know the full story. Care to help out with that?Simon Hayes Budgenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07084524317888577404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103.post-69202539776756923022010-06-19T10:19:01.987+00:002010-06-19T10:19:01.987+00:00For the second time in two days this website has p...For the second time in two days this website has published a story which is incomplete.<br /><br />This statement is from the Freebutt, where is the statement from the council? You know the one that says they aren't trying to close the Freebutt (which incidentally would make this whole campaign a farce).<br /><br />http://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/index.cfm?request=c1228255<br /><br />And also what about the complainants side of the story. The Freebutt's word is NOT law and also I strongly suspect not completely accurate.<br /><br />Unless you know the FULL story why bother to stir up a ridiculously one sided campaign?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com