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Columnist defends pepper-spraying of moviegoer using phone
Original: Column: A movie theater patron was pepper-sprayed for being on his phone? I get it.
A Los Angeles Times columnist argues that a movie theater patron who was pepper-sprayed for using his phone had it coming, framing the incident as an extreme symptom of widespread frustration over bad cinema etiquette. The piece says theaters have become battlegrounds over phone use, and reactions to the column are split between those who sympathize with the victim and those tired of screens lighting up during films.
Why now: The columnist's contrarian take that the pepper-spraying was understandable is provocative and touches on a widely shared grievance about phone use in theaters.
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- Column: A movie theater patron was pepper-sprayed for being on his phone? I get it. · Los Angeles Times
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