Texting in a darkened theater is very distracting. The light emitted by the phone is very annoying, I guess that is why theaters ask you to cut off your dell phones. Problem is that today people have no regard for how their behavior affects others. When I was a kid going to the movies was enjoyable and if you even dared to wear a hat in the theater you would be told to leave. Today guys wear hats, talk continuously, and shine their brightly lighted phones. That is why I no longer go to the theater, nowadays it’s just not enjoyable.
Texting in a darkened theater is very distracting.
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It is not, however, a capital offense.
It’s amazing to me how many comments on this thread are about the victim’s behavior, which counts as an extremely minor annoyance in the grand scheme of things.
For God’s sake, according to the reports, the movie hadn’t even started yet.
We are really and truly focusing on the wrong person. The shooter absolutely deserves everything he gets and more.
We don’t get to kill people who simply annoy us.
Showing my age but theaters used to have ushers that would enforce rules on people who disturbed the movie goers!!!