Formal Hall

I was looking at MetaTalk and found a reference to this entry. Would they close the class if we held it at one of these events? Is this a real thing or more wiki-misinformation? I also got a kick out of this post on flash mobs. While funny, one does have to wonder where people have the time to do these things, and why? Is it because as individuals we feel powerless and, therefore, feed the urge to find power and self worth in a mob? Or is it that the people who do this are so stuck to their computers, stuck often enough to see these mob calls, that they are hungry for human company and can only fill that hunger by going to these events. Their personality doesn't allow them to open up to other venues of human relations.