Johnny 13 wrote:All of our actions are statements or seizures. I swear, every problem in the world is based more on conflicting personality type than belief.
As long as we are going off on this tangent, my point is that it is not about any of us. We are all sharing the space. We obviously don't have universal ideas about what adds up to a good time, and people should realize that when they let go they are affecting other people. I don't get pissed if I see some guy throwing the horns, but if "some guy" becomes "that guy" and he starts competing with the stage, I am not inclined to marvel at his beautiful, beautiful experience in emotionland.
Have a good time, and let me enjoy it too. There is room for both of us.
Anything taken to an extreme is going to be a hindrance and annoyance. But that wasn't what your original statement implied, which was irritation with the very act of exhibition because you deemed it an attempt to tell everyone in the room something. As I said before, I think that says more about where your head is than about the expressive audience member and his intentions.
I wouldn't even pursue this, but I run across guys at shows, especially in Brooklyn, who exhibit a folded-arms, sneering attitude at anyone who shows the least bit of unfettered emotion at the music, as if to experience it as anything but a social transaction and/or cerebral experience is adolescent and contemptible. It's snotty and even a little bit sad, because I have to believe they're shutting themselves off from a full experience.