I went out to dinner with another person who was in there the day before yesterday and we discussed this. I, being above average stupid in some things, was in there twice. The first time, in the early 80's things were everybit as bad as all the things I hear everyone talking about.
The second time was during te late 80's. There had been MANY changes. Steppers back in group weren't blasted constantly (thank God) and there was very little restraining. People were never taken out of group that I can remember. Heck, even the misbehavers were boring. I can think of no phaser carving in their arms. In fact, all my horror stories come from the early 80's.
The reason I asked if you were ever in Atlanta is I can remember Terry E. (tall, really skinny, model good looks, blonde hair) confronting a 7-stepper from St. Pete named Marnie in ATL on a refresher. Thought it might have been you. I was wrong though.
CL