http://boingboing.net/2013/03/22/polite-boos-now-ok-at-riverhea.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 18 May 2013 07:16:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://boingboing.net/2013/03/22/polite-boos-now-ok-at-riverhea.html#comment-1686099 TheOven Fri, 22 Mar 2013 22:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=220329#comment-1686099 Polite booing? Isn't that like politely calling your mother a whore?  Polite booing? Isn’t that like politely calling your mother a whore? 

]]> http://boingboing.net/2013/03/22/polite-boos-now-ok-at-riverhea.html#comment-1685851 ryuthrowsstuff Fri, 22 Mar 2013 18:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=220329#comment-1685851 I grew up near there, and if I remember correctly this ban wasn't particularly useful. Not much booing but plenty of long strange poetry, chanting political slogans, and hucking paper signs.  I grew up near there, and if I remember correctly this ban wasn’t particularly useful. Not much booing but plenty of long strange poetry, chanting political slogans, and hucking paper signs. 

]]> http://boingboing.net/2013/03/22/polite-boos-now-ok-at-riverhea.html#comment-1685710 Brainspore Fri, 22 Mar 2013 17:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=220329#comment-1685710 <strong>Burns:</strong> Smithers, are they booing me?  <strong>Smithers:</strong> Uh, no, they're saying "Boo-urns, Boo-urns".  Burns: Smithers, are they booing me? 
Smithers: Uh, no, they’re saying “Boo-urns, Boo-urns”. 

]]> http://boingboing.net/2013/03/22/polite-boos-now-ok-at-riverhea.html#comment-1685442 machinestate Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=220329#comment-1685442 Trying to decide if this kind of booing is polite enough to be acceptable: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlM3CKXJs5k Trying to decide if this kind of booing is polite enough to be acceptable:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlM3CKXJs5k

]]> http://boingboing.net/2013/03/22/polite-boos-now-ok-at-riverhea.html#comment-1685388 donovan acree Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=220329#comment-1685388 I always include a hearty smile and a tip of my top hat when booing. I always include a hearty smile and a tip of my top hat when booing.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2013/03/22/polite-boos-now-ok-at-riverhea.html#comment-1685323 That_Anonymous_Coward Fri, 22 Mar 2013 13:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=220329#comment-1685323 Once again more evidence that if you give people power they get what appears to be brain damage. Once again more evidence that if you give people power they get what appears to be brain damage.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2013/03/22/polite-boos-now-ok-at-riverhea.html#comment-1685315 awjt Fri, 22 Mar 2013 12:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=220329#comment-1685315  Nobody can handle dissent.  And unfortunately, the ones who most need it are the worst at taking it.  Nobody can handle dissent.  And unfortunately, the ones who most need it are the worst at taking it.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2013/03/22/polite-boos-now-ok-at-riverhea.html#comment-1685287 Christopher Fri, 22 Mar 2013 12:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=220329#comment-1685287 I wish they'd allow polite booing at city meetings in my town. As it is we have city officials proposing that they put up a plexiglass wall between themselves and the public gallery, so they can sleep through meetings without being interrupted.  I wish they’d allow polite booing at city meetings in my town. As it is we have city officials proposing that they put up a plexiglass wall between themselves and the public gallery, so they can sleep through meetings without being interrupted. 

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