Boston.com - "I was at Club Rio when it went down.
It started out with a small group of guys badmouthing Mozart. They were basically saying that Mozart had a few nice pieces but overall his work was lightweight and trivial. They then went on to claim that Beethoven's opera "Fidelio" had more artistic merit than all of Mozart's operas put together. A lot of people heard these claims and eyebrows were raised.
Now if you know one thing about Lawrence, you know it has a heavily, heavily pro-Mozart contingent. You just do not diss Mozart in Lawrence. It isn't done. But these guys kept it up - they started parodying Mozart's piano concertos - and the level of rage of the pro-Mozart guys went off the charts.
So they battled. The Mozart guys put forth their best baritone and he sang "Deh vieni alla finestra". The girls in the crowd started crying at the beauty of it. Some of the guys too. The anti-Mozart guys clapped sarcastically and had their bass sing "La Calumnia". Now if you know two things about Lawrence, you know the second is you do NOT claim Rossini is in any way on the same level as Mozart. Not in Lawrence anyways. Even so, it was a stunning rendition and the bass was gaining the respect of the crowd. Until he started humorously and cruelly interpolating Mozart into his aria. The Mozart crowd could not stand for this! First food and drinks were thrown, then chairs. Then fists.
After that, pure chaos."Classic post by user 'bike1200' from the Boston.com comments forum. The article was about a brawl in a Lawrence nightclub that involved over 100 people. For those that don't know, Lawrence, MA has a high concentration of hispanic, particularly Domican and Puerto Rican, residents.
This folks, is internet trollin' at its finest.
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