Posted on 08/30/2004 5:22:12 AM PDT by Land_of_Lincoln_John
To the people of Chicago and our fans:
Given comments being made in some of the emails we have received from fans and the comments we have seen in some of the media, we believe it is important to clarify where we stand regarding the bus dumping incident in Chicago.
Hopefully this will resolve any misunderstandings because we want everyone to know that we care deeply about what happened to the people on the boat that day, which was terrible, and the damage that occurred to Chicago's environment. We are not attempting to avoid any responsibility we may have for the incident. We love Chicago, we love the city and we love the people. It is one of our favorite cities to play. We would never do anything to offend the people of Chicago or any of our fans. If we were responsible for what happened, we will work quickly to make amends, with the people on the boat and with Chicago.
We have fully and voluntarily cooperated with the Chicago authorities since the moment we heard about the incident. We provided access to our drivers and our tour manager immediately, the band was using five different busses in Chicago at that time and we provided the license plate numbers of all of them, we provided photographs of any of the busses they requested and we offered to supply DNA evidence to determine if one of our busses was the bus involved. In short, we have worked with the Chicago authorities in every way we can to determine whether one of our busses was the bus involved in the incident.
Our driver was the only person on the bus during the period relevant to this matter, and he has told us that he had nothing to do with this incident. We have not yet seen any of the other evidence in this case, and we have a few narrow but critical questions related to what we have seen of the evidence in the media. We are working with the Chicago authorities to resolve these open issues as quickly as possible so this matter can be closed.
What happened that Sunday is extremely important to us. It touches on many of the core principles we have supported and tried to live up to, not simply environmental principles and principles of accountability, but more importantly simple principles of humanity. What happened to the people on the boat is awful and our hearts go out to them.
But please understand another principle we are committed to is loyalty and respect for the people who we work with. We are proud that many of our crew have worked with us since the band's earliest years. It has become a family and that family is very important to us. This driver has been working with us for over 5 years. In that time he has earned our respect and trust and on a personal level he has become part of the family. In light of that, we take his statements seriously and ask for everyone's patience until we resolve our concerns. We are working to resolve these as quickly as possible. And to repeat, if it was our bus that did it, we will take responsibility immediately.
Don't these guys have concerts for the anti-Bush crowds? I'm sure they say Bush is bad for the environment!
They had to have time to stop laughing about crapping on US citizens.
DMB is a worthless pile of whale spunk. His music sucks. He rocks about as hard as a over-boiled linguini noodle.
Why don't they just say, "We're sorry; sh** happens, and we'll take steps to see that it doesn't happen again, besides paying for any damages that were done"?
even so, it is a pretty sh!!!y thing to do ain't it?
Oh? They did do it? Well, then, they are liars, and their apology should be treated with serious suspicion.
Many of us like their music. The band is very talented and stylistic.
DMB does a kick ass version of Hendrix's All Along the Watchtower.
I don't think you can determine DNA from urine or feces, can you?
Bus DNA? Or are they going to supply samples of everyone's poo?
One Big Class Action should silence a non-class act that simply can't "Shat up and sing!"
Dave Matthews should be fined $10,000,000.
I think that was a careful way of saying, our crew is being tested for Hepatitis, STD, and HIV.
If you can, the subject of the exam has some serious medical problems, I would think, sloughing tissue...
We did! That is why it is very important to "Shut up and Sing!" For those of us who refuse to separate our principles and values from the enjoyment of our lives, a small jackass crapping on our sensibilities tends to turn us off... permanently. There's no room in my life for the pathetic likes of DM and his band and his cohorts of America-haters.
I believe you can get DNA from any body fluid or substance.
Perhaps the "...over-boiled linguini noodle" is what's between your ears.
Crash is pure genius.
Then download, instead of purchase.
Try BearShare. I like it.
The stuff's got to have some cellular debris, genetic mat'l, etc,etc... Say, weren't they just out campaigning for JFK? Could have just been some of the adhesive that holds his platform together.
All parts of the body slough off cells on a continuos basis. The urthra and bowels are not exempt.
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