Originally Posted by
tomvlll 
There is a custom in many areas to speak only from one's own experience and to avoid giving direct advice or lecturing a group or individual.
That's how I take it. I saw an AA ream out another who, during his share, was looking at someone and talking directly at him. I was stunned because it seemed so innocent, i.e., he wasn't so much lecturing but advising... But I thought about it later and I realized that how I saw it may have been different than how the other saw it...
Or maybe, the two just didn't like each other much... which, they don't.
I take the announcement of no crosstalk at the start the way tommyk does... like, don't be rude when some one else is talking... not much of a problem at my meetings, thankfully... I hate that.
Mark