Some authors even have started condoning this laid-back approach.
Instead of condoning the policy, Vice President Biden should have condemned it in the strongest possible terms.
I'm not condoning the use of a phone as a weapon, of course, but long-distance relationships can be tough enough to make even the calmest person edgy, much less a hard-rocking gladiator with a temper.
The venue managements are partially to blame for condoning transgressions of their house rules when they should be enforcing them strictly and without exceptions, taking a leaf from other countries.
