a dufus with power

[Chuck Ellis]

I've never been to London or Hyde Park, but the news here said that the neighbors of the venue complained, they should have given the neighbors free tickets. It's like you should always invite your neighbors to your parties because if they are there they can't complain.

You know that Buckingham Palace in just across from Hyde Park... maybe the Queen was tired and wanted to go to bed??

[Jason Beam]

I dunno - i guess it's just me ... If there's a law and I break it, I don't get bent out of shape that someone decided to enforce it. It's there in the books, don't do something. While I have broken the speed limit, my responsibility is my own and if I got pulled over for it I have no right (or credible reason) to be angry with the cop for "throwing his weight around" - it's a law, I broke it, my responsibility.

I don't really care WHY the cop chose to pull me over - if someone does wrong, I am resentful that they aren't held to the same standard. If the law is not going to be enforced, drop the law - it's pointless to have it in the first place. If it's on the books, enforce it 100% - that's why it's a law, right?

If you speed, you should be cited for it. We all play the game of odds with stuff like that - the chances aren't high that you'll be caught so you do it - which is something I don't like but seems to be human nature. I don't get how it's okay to have the law and NOT enforce it - why have the law at all at that point?

[Dan Noren]

let's see here, the owners of the venue know that they have a curfew time with night concerts. in the meetings with the promoters, they would have brought that point up more than once, as a reminder, considering who the performer was, and quite possibly mentioned that they could bend the rule just a little. the concert goes on, and runs past the scheduled end time, due to performer's noted inability to abide by the agreements in the contract (well, he is the "boss" after all), and is allowed about a half hour of leeway. when it looks like the performer has no intention of stopping, the promoter/owner of the venue pulls the plug. now, where is the problem, other than an overrated performer with an outsized ego that's just been bruised just a touch?