RAVE BYLAW IS DISCRIMINATION

Re "Rave Bylaw Will Give Parents A Boost", by Steve Madely (July 25): I am
outraged at this column's assertion that dance music culture is somehow
harmful to kids.

I am a DJ and longtime member of the rave/club music scene here in Los
Angeles. Raving has enriched my life in innumerable ways. I have met some
of my very best friends at raves in clubs over the years, and it has
enriched their lives as well.

The drugs argument doesn't hold water. There is far more drug use at your
average rock concert than clubs or raves. So why not a bill like this
against rock concert promoters? This is discrimination based on musical
taste, pure and simple.

Adam Wiggins

(Clubs already have licensing requirements -- and no one denies that every
type of night life can have an unsavoury side)