Boston Police report two stabbings downtown early Saturday - one of them of a man stabbed while dancing inside the Roxy Nightclub on Tremont Street.

Given that Mayor Menino cited violence as a reason for new regulations barring 18+ events that end after 11 p.m., when can we expect a similar crackdown on all entertainment?

On Blue Mass. Group, Potroast posts a copy of the city's new 18+ regulation and adds:

... This policy change is being made in secret, devoid of hearings or input from the public and it is favoring the large arenas like the Garden and Fenway over small, original and unique venues that are owned and operated by regular Boston residents. The Mayor is casually taking this action without regard to the economic and cultural ramifications and he is doing it in secret without feeling the slightest need to explain himself or hold public hearings. ...

You mean, just like the way he picked Manuel Rivera to be our new school superintendent?

Interesting, if futile, tactic against Boston's plan to ban 18+ events after 11 p.m.: Demand the city impose the same restriction on Symphony Hall:

... You might recall the holiday stabbings outside of Symphony Hall. This was no ephemeral threat to the hundreds of young children inside at the time of these stabbings, and a fair and equal application of the Law requires that the owners of Symphony Hall be held as accountable for the actions on the sidewalk outside their venue as the owners of clubs along Lansdowne Street are held for theirs. ...

More on why the ban is a bad idea:

... Paranoia. Overreaction. Hostility to the arts. Alienation of youth. Clamping down on fun, freedom, and culture. Stop Boston's downward slide. ...