[quote="TheEqualizer"] Either that or we would have had to have had you medicated to the point where I would have had to have held you up like Conroy held up Sally.
*runs and hides*[/quote]
No, I could not have made the pit - my last pit experience was at the Bowery Ballroom in NY and I swore NEVER.AGAIN, not even if Traffic in the original formation came back from their graves - but the side spot where Stewart (and somebody else) was sitting seemed a better place for me.
What I do not get is that concept of "deserving" to be in the pit. What is the basis for reading into a fan's heart and knowing how deep is his/her love, regardless of seniority or other factors?
Some people need to wear burkahs and be medicated, some people have jobs that don't allow that flexibility, others are sick or have children (think of Vickie) others are too far away and cannot afford it etc.
I think that, with the due exceptions (trolls et similia) those who are here are all "deserving" to be part of the family, of the militant fandom one way or the other.
And I am not speaking only for myself, goodness forbid, after all I had my modest but unforgettable share.