[Dinsdale]

Now they want to ban mosh pits.

The anti-fun brigade strikes again.

[NonZeroSum]

Sorry, I just don't get it. Just what is it that's "fun" about mosh pits?

This looks idiotic to me, and it's not just my age--it would have looked equally idiotic to me when I was his age.

[F16Fighter]

"The anti-fun brigade strikes again."

Gee, I hope post-victory riots, lighting bonfires on Main St., and overturning cars in major cities won't be cause for stopping that "fun" either.

[cascademountaineer]

Yeah I tend to agree. People who dont want to go in the pit just dont go in. The article makes it sound like he was forced into something against his will. Im pretty sure that guy was trying to get on top of the crowd out of his own free will.

The problem is that there used to be kind of unwritten rules in the pit. If someone fell down, you picked them up an so on. People need to remember that, but everyone in the pit is there because they want to be there.

[Chemist_Geek]

In der Future, all zum Concertgoers will securely be locked using five-point Zeat Belten into dem Concerthallchairs by der Concerthallstaff.

This safety-obsession and liability nonsense is getting waay out of hand. Do these parents realize the effects of their whining? It's not going to reduce injuries; it's only going to drive moshin underground into less regulated venues...

And, of course, they run the risk of getting smacked for their insipidness. Life sucks; get a helmet!

[Fundamentally Fair]

The anti-fun brigade strikes again.

No kidding. I was at the Warped Tour Recently. Crowd surfing isn't for me, but it looked like folks were having fun.

Maybe we could allow it, but only with helmets, elbow and kneepads, and United Nations safety observers. </sarcasm>