Yes, a conference is different than a workplace setting – you're surrounded by people you don't know and therefore, you need to watch what you say because you d

Yes, a conference is different than a workplace setting – you're surrounded by people you don't know and therefore, you need to watch what you say because you don't have any rapport to fall back on when you (possibly accidentally) cross a line. It seems especially sad that we're willing to allow the marginal at best behavior of a few be reason that others should have to get up and leave.