Reply #7: Yeah, it was a broad brush...I know...

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And I'm not without my nerd culture credientials myself. But honestly this was ridiculous. The behavior of this group of people at every turn was really just so far beyond the pale. I'm not naive about crowds and I expect some degree of jostling and aggression. As I said in my post I've been in plenty of them. But when you see 30-50 year old men cutting in front of 6 year old kids to get their picture taken with a statue....when you see 30-50 year old men shoving kids out of the way to grab a free poster they're giving away...and when you see this type of behavior consistently throughout the day in many different locations and from many different people it tends to cause a fairly visceral response.