BigDayOut
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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
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[edit] Illuminating the problem
Here is my diagram of the problem with the "D". Comments please
[edit] 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)
