This happens more than you’d think. When I was young I found myself sitting on a barstool next to a guy with half a face. When he left the owner of the place could see I was a little weirded out and told me, “He missed.”
Guy put the gun in his mouth pointing up not backwards. Blew off half the front of his head. Lived.
I heard rush for the first time when I was maybe 10 or 12. Full time listener at 21ish. I’ll be 40 in a few weeks. Rush has been a part of my life longer than not. I was having a lunch beer Wednesday when I heard the news. I had to bite my lip hard not to cry in front of my pals at the pub. I walked in from having a smoke and looked up at one of the TVs and saw he died. I had to sit immediately and collect myself.
Sorry, I didn’t mean to make it seem like I was conflating the two. No, it had absolutely nothing to do with “hooliganism” or fantastic crowd activity. Was specifically about the mosh pit comment. There are absolutely fantastic crowd movements, and I’m well familiar. See Glasgow Celtic “Let’s all do the huddle”
Was just an example of how “mosh pit” atmosphere with bad design could be deadly. As noted previously, it was a disaster that led to changes.
No, the problem is the system. Where's our anarchist friend that only chimes in with quotes? He should have a couple good ones for the occasion.
The problem is absolutley a system of men wielding power over other men. There is no way that doesn't end up corrupted.