Garry writes
>C'mon! I find it hard to believe there was a single instance where the
>crowd was not allowed to perform like the living entity that all crowds
>are. When there something soul-stirring happened, 20,000 butts rose as one,
>and nobody had the mildest complaint. The cops weren't automotons; they
>felt the emotion just like everybody else, and when the adrenaline rush
>hit, they scurried to get the best vantage point just like everybody else.
Musta been different in your section. Where I was sitting if 20,000 butts
rose as one, they would have been immediately shouted back into place by
2,000 asses yelling "Sit Down!!". All of this no matter how exciting the
action. And if all the shouting didn't keep you in your seat, the cops
would.
Occasionally, the action was so compelling that the standers would
temporarily get the upper hand and the whole section would stand up
momentarily, much to the consternation of the Sit Down! faction, which
quickly reasserted its self-anointed moral authority to force everyone to
sit back down at the earliest possible moment.
Actually the cops were reasonably competent, but my mind boggled at the
thought that police would even be used in the first place to keep spectators
from standing up during an exciting sporting event.
Kurt Bray
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