I admit that “all” was a poor choice of words and I’ve edited it — I didn’t mean literally all — but whether it’s “all” or “a lot” does not change the fundamental point of this post, which concerns brokers using technology to jump ahead of the queue. Maybe you personally don’t participate in such tactics, but it looks like plenty of your colleagues do. The legislation discussed here targets only that behavior.

(By the way, I don’t know where you got your 20% figure. The three MSM articles to which I linked reported much higher proportions. CNN quotes the editor of a trade magazine devoted to concerts estimating “Up to 80 percent of inquiries of tickets come from these brokers.” Do you care to cite a competing source?)

The “real estate brokers, insurance brokers, [and] mortgage brokers” to whom you point do not cut in line. Furthermore, it is quite possible to secure at least insurance and mortgages without a broker — indeed, the internet has made doing so easier, not harder.

If you disagree with the queue-jumping tactics in which many ticket brokers engage, then you should support this legislation to drive out your unethical competitors. If you think it’s okay, then I guess we just disagree about the importance of respect for first-come-first-served policies, and that might help explain the “scorn” of which you complain.