BigDayOut

The Big Day Out is a music festival in Australia. (wikipedia:Big Day Out)

It gets pretty crowded, especially in front of the main stage: http://www.travelblog.org/Photos/3347514

So, they have a crowd control measure called "The D", and some people don't like it: http://serongblog.wordpress.com/2009/05/20/big-day-out/

In fact, some people have gone so far as to compare the whole Big Day Out experience to Auschwitz, primarily due to the 'D':

“	Although my tour of Auschwitz gave me a small, visual understanding of what it would have been like for my ancestors to be herded into a camp of misery and death, it was not until my experience with the d-barrier that I was offered a practical re-enactment	”
—A Comparative Essay, volume 1. By Ben (regarding BDO Adelaide 2008) [[1]]

Illuminating the problem

Here is my diagram of the problem with the "D". Comments please

Solution?

My proposed solution for the D dilemma:

Also, I'd love to hear more thoughts on this. The 'Discussion' link above is free to use for this and genuine discussion will be respected (spam and abuse will be deleted however)