1959??? You were there in 1959???
I go there every year on my birthday and have never even come across a nasty person much less someone with a tire iron.
I suppose I should be happy it’s “Let’s beat up Nola today,” instead of the perennial favorite “Let’s beat up NYC today.”
You obviously do not see all of the Mardi Gras festivities. I have seen on TV many instances of attacks on revelers.
The crowds shown in these TV accounts show a very drunken, rowdy bunch of people that I wouldn’t get near.
From your past postings I have concluded that that you travel in “elevated” social circles, so I would not expect you to be out there mingling with the common people. If you did, you would know that participating in the Mardi Gras festivities is a dangerous thing to do.
But, hey, keep it up and eventually you may indeed by accident run across a “nasty person.” Believe me, they are out there in New Orleans, especially at Mardi Gras time.