Posted on 12/26/2004 8:47:34 AM PST by Mister Sophisticate
MIRA MESA – A moviegoer was beaten unconscious after he asked others inside a Mira Mesa Boulevard theater to be quiet, police said yesterday.
As the 19-year-old man left the movie about 10 p.m. Friday, he was jumped by two men who beat him in the parking lot with a 3-foot piece of wood, San Diego police Sgt. Richard Nemetz said.
The assailants fled in a black Toyota Celica. Detailed descriptions of the men were not available.
The victim was hospitalized with cuts to the head.
Good Grief! What movie was it?
The name of the movie might be telling.
If I go to a movie it usually is at a place called Shirlington in Arlington, VA. They don't have "punk" movies.
The perps undoubtedly aren't the types to take too kindly to that sort of "dissing." Even looking at them in the eye is often interpretted (by them) as a direct threat.
Plus, I bet people would shut up while in the theater.
I had a similar experience the other night at my daughter's 6th grade holiday concert. Some teenager was yapping on her nextel for about 3 mins during the performance & I turned around to her and in a matter of fact voice I told her she really should take her converstaion outside.... she produced the dumbest "i don't have a clue but who do you think you are " look i have ever seen. That's where it ended, but the nerve of the trollette!
Was it the GIGLI ?
Seems I have made a good decision in not going to the "movies" for over twenty years, though my reasons were for mental preservation, not physical. ;)
"Mumbles, The Toothless Shushing Boy!" :-)
Even if there were CCW in California, the victim was 19. Most states require a CCW holder to be at least 21.
Really, the best thing to do is go to the lobby and get the manager (not an usher). Give them a minute or two to put a stop to it. If it doesn't work, ask for your money back and let them know you won't be.
The only movie I've seen in the past 4 years is The Passion of the Christ which was thankfully free of these type of disturbances.
You think that some thugs who'd smack down someone in the parking lot wouldn't also carry guns WITHOUT permits?
Pick and choose.
Oooh... deft phrasing! Love that!
Dan
Mira Mesa has an asian gang problem as well. The local joke for years has been "Manilla Mesa". His mistake was doing the shooshing himself. Go tell management to shoosh them and if they dont demand your money back. Second mistake, Walk home? in Manilla Mesa? No way. I used to carry years ago for just this kind of reaason, but if you get caugt now with a piece it is more serious offense now.
I dont go out to movies very much anymore because of rude people anyways. I would even pay extra for a guaranteed "quiet" theater.
I demanded a refund and was initially refused because by then the movie had been going on 45 minutes. I needless to say got my refund.
And movie theaters wonder why their average age of the patron has fallen dramatically in the past thirty years. (Families were bigger then too)
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