More cigarette smoke than ever before?

[John Picco]

Couldn't agree more about the smokers. I put it down to the younger crowd. In our camp, though, they policed their buts and we left the site with no old buts laying around.

[rubysue300]

WoW so smokers, pot smokers, kids runnin around adults partyin, and people talkin at a festival is now a problem? Maybe you folks were at a different festival than me, or maybe you wish you were at a different festival altogether. Keep hopin for more rules and regulations and you just may get them. My guess is you would just find something else to complain about.

I'm a laid back kind of person.  I know that there will be people moving and a general background noise at any festival.  I don't mind people walking through my shade tent area.  That's why I like the EZ-up style so people can get back and forth to their space.  I had lots of kids walk or even run through my tent and I didn't mind, heck a few of them even said "excuse me".  I don't mind people dancing.

But I do mind when a few people blatantly ruin the festival experience for all others around them.  "It's a festival" is no excuse to be rude. 

[GonePickin]

But I do mind when a few people blatantly ruin the festival experience for all others around them.  "It's a festival" is no excuse to be rude. 

I get what people are saying in this thread. I guess everyone just has a different tolerance for others' proclivities and have different levels of acceptance.

Having said that, I feel safe in saying that very few people's festival experiences were blatently ruined by cigarette smokers or loud talkers. I think some people are really overstating the effects these actions have.