THE BLACK ARMBAND is a reaffirmation of the simple statement "No one has the right to sign anything for me without my consent."
THE BLACK ARMBAND is the sign of our sorrow over the fact that the Rainbow Gatherings have become a criminal activity, due to the lack of an unnecessary permit, not by any choice of our own, but by the will of the bureaucracy.
THE BLACK ARMBAND is an expression of our grief for the loss of the time, energy and the very liberty of our brothers & sisters, who have been ticketed, arrested, gone to court and to jail in the defense of our individual freedoms.