Should those at the Burning Man really be torched into oblivion?

Asked by msh (4270) September 6th, 2016 from iPhone

It has been a rather odd ritual that has been growing in attendance since it’s inception 30 years ago. This year’s Burning Man desert-minute metropolis and party pyres drew in an estimated 70,000 people to Black Rock Desert, Nevada.
It takes all kinds and they’re all there. A question comes to mind. Does anyone else see this as turning into a giant toxic cloud as is released into the atmosphere? A ruined dessert area which has borne a marked decline in some of the area’s environment – not to mention some of the irreversible damage being done to the areas used to get to, and exit from the event? People who missed out the musical party in Upstate New York trying to keep a pyre burning in the window? Millennials haven’t a clue as to it’s history, nor do most of the crashers care. This year, some serious vandalism was done to the Plug and Play areas- for the wealthiest version of getting dirty without having to rough-it, areas. (Much resented.) So even more police were needed. More crowd control for the stupid and high bent on fights and destruction. When is someone going to pop the singed ozone from this pyromaniacs dream vacation? Has it gotten out of hand and become shudderingly trendy over it’s once being totally, like, rad? What next? Tickets and fencing? Or a swan-song?