OT: Concert Etiquette

[Brian]

  I seem to remember a lot of my generation doing the "Woodstock 
chant" (I'm of "That 70's Show" generation): 

  "Gimme an F!"

  "Gimme a U!
  
  ..."

  It's always something yet we've managed to survive so far;-).

  Brian:-)



--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, Laura Ingalls Huntley 
<lhuntley at f...> wrote:
> Bumbledor:
> > No, Beth.. its quite common..
> > Sad state of affairs in this country, when even public manners 
have 
> > hit an
> > all time low.
> > I stood in line at a matinee movie last week and listend to 4 17 
year 
> > olds
> > cuss their head off, one using the F word at least 8 times in 30 
> > seconds.
> > Felt ashamed of his parents.
> > In my day any adult would have been free to put that boy in his 
proper
> > place. .But now, try it and you get thrown in jail.
> 
> I hardly think you would get thrown in jail for telling a 17 year 
old 
> to watch his mouth.  In fact, I can think of very little that would 
get 
> you in trouble with anyone (aside from physical violence, that is). 
> Surely you weren't talking about *smacking* the kid, were 
you?  'Cause, 
> gee, *that's* just the epitome of civility, isn't it?
> 
> I think you should take a good, long look at the faults of your own 
> generation before you run about condemning this one.  I seriously 
doubt 
> that teens in "your day" didn't ever make mistakes or disappoint 
their 
> parents or say/do rebellious things.  I'm sure you were *just* the 
> model student/child, but you know what? Me too.  So you don't get 
to be 
> the individual while you essentialize me and my peers.
> 
> You want to talk about the sad state of affairs in this country?  
What 
> about an older generation that's fighting equal rights for 
homosexual 
> people tooth and claw?
> 
> What about a time when racism and sexism were still written into 
our 
> laws?  What about the society in which only middle and upper class 
> white boys had access to decent educations and jobs?  What about 
the 
> culture that thought it was perfectly okay to call homosexuality a 
> "disease"?
> 
> Laura (who thinks her generation is doing pretty okay in the grand 
> scheme of things, thankyouverymuch.)
> 
> P.S. I hate talking in the theater too, in case anyone was 
wondering.  
> ^_~