Originally Posted by
theimage13
Blaming animal rights activists for this is idiotic. Fewer people were going because there just aren't enough people who like the circus, and it's not like it something you go to year after year. Once you've seen it, you've seen it, so repeat customers aren't pouring in through the gates. Operating costs were skyrocketing and attendance was falling, at the same time. The circus wasn't some public service that has to continue; it was a private entertainment venture. Businesses close when they're not viable anymore. And this is coming from someone with an awful lot of friends and colleagues who got their start with RB. I know what that circus means to some people. My last roommate owed his entire career to them. In that regard, it's sad to see it go. But it's stupid to say that this happened because a small number of activists were upset about it, and even dumber to literally wish a gruesome death upon them.