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« Vote for Pazzo, Tag-for-Voice, Global Voices | Main | The Brawl at Symphony Hall » Friday, May 11, 2007Quit yappingWhat happens when basic principles of etiquette in a given setting break down? Brainiac contributor emeritus John Swansburg once wrote on this blog about a YouTube video -- one that could be a fake job but appears awfully real -- in which a teacher in a lecture hall takes none too kindly to a front row student who actually answers his cell phone. John was picking up on some thoughts I had about the racket that now transpires in concert halls. As you may already have heard, last night's Boston Pops opening gala took it to a new level when the performance was interrupted by fight that broke out in the balcony. After one listener repeatedly asked another to stop talking, the man being shushed allegedly cold-cocked the other and grabbed his hair. The puncher was pulled from out of the scrum, his shirt wide open. WHDH has the video at the top of this report. In this case the roles were reversed. The violator of decorum was the one who went haywire. Posted by Evan Hughes at 11:14 AM
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