In another case of “we misspoke,” we find a hippie band I’ve never heard of banning military members from their concerts.
Of course the obscure hippie band’s manager had to explain that we are misinterpreting a poorly worded rider…
This was a poor choice of words on the band’s behalf. What they do not want is for military recruiting to take place during their shows.
We brought it up with the band, and they asked that this clause be reworded to clarify their wishes.
Their current rider reads,
“No military recruitment for the US Government may be held on site.”
Of course anyone, military or otherwise, is welcome to come to see them, they just don’t support the current military recruitment practices, and felt they should include that since they’d seen recruitment at other concert sites.
That is:
A. A bullshit explanation.
B. Patently ridiculous.
I’ve been to concerts. I’ve never EVER seen a recruiter at them. I’ve been to clubs to see bands, stadiums, and arenas. No recruiters there.
That rider was pretty clear in its intention. Any one who even tries to claim otherwise is disingenuous.
via Wizbang
[tags]brightblack morning light, stupid, hippies[/tags]