Civil Behavior

by Frank Paynter on November 18, 2006

Once on a train bound for Leeds he sat opposite a young girl who was wearing headphones from which hissed a sound unacceptable for a long journey. When asked to turn the volume down she refused, adding that it was a free country. Alan proceeded to take his horn from its case and to play Mozart loudly. The girl then left the carriage to the applause of the other occupants.

h/t to the twangstress

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J. Alva Scruggs 11.19.06 at 12:41

Wonderful story.The confusion between liberty and license should always be settled with horns.

bmo 11.19.06 at 5:46

What’s in a name? Apparently Civil was just that.

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