They happily subscribe to myths about the blissfulness of nature and the hazards of the man-made environment, oblivious of the reality that raw nature has always been man's enemy. But they are simultaneously unwilling to give up any of the comforts of prosperity and development that taming nature has produced. What the people expect is a display of concern, the unveiling of initiatives that come to naught, or for someone else to pay for environmental controls. But what about rabbis who kick kids out for being noisy. P agreed with such rabbis' behavior.
Religious services are to elevate the human.
This is difficult. Crying children disturb that process. You take a crying kid out of a movie theater. Religious services are more important than movies. He took no calls and had no guests, and just talked for three hours.