Re: [Mid] Comments from Court

I seem to recall a TGS 12th Night event when there was quite the din
from the audience during presentations, so loud that the Herald could
not be easily understood. I stood to ask the crowd "As the Herald is the
voice of the Crown, would you show them any less respect?".

Subsequently, you could have heard a pin drop. :)

AlexdeSet@aol.com wrote:
> And yet, >THERE WAS STILL NOISE<. My apology for "shouting", but I'm upset!
> I cannot believe that folks in a Society that prides itself on courtesy
> would--on purpose--be so boorish as to talk all through the Court proceedings
> as folk were elevated to the highest honors in that Society! Could not the
> speaking volume be lowered? Could not the talk have moved outside? Did they
> not understand the polite requests from the Crown to quiet themselves?
>
> I guess not.
>
> What is the purpose of this noise? I hope that folks in future Courts will
> think for a moment of where they are and what they are doing. The Crown has
> several times said They wish to help the Middle Kingdom "make magic"; to do
> this They will need the willing help of the populace. One way to help is to
> respectfully listen to Court proceedings; or if unable to sit quietly, to
> take themselves out of the hall until they are quiet or Court is over.
>
> Don't misunderstand - I think people should attend Court! I also think they
> should behave. I an a teacher, and would not have accepted the behavior shown
> by some at last Saturdays Court if the attendees had been in fourth grade,
> much less chronological adults for the most part.

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