Ahemmmm... Say what? Unfortunately this is becoming less and less true. The amount of busha is diminishing by the minute. There are places where, sadly, you are looked down upon for being a "frummy" for not talking/quieting down others during davening.
Unfortunately, I've seen/experienced the same. Maybe gaboim should request a group of people to go to the area where people are talking and just daven LOUD in order to disturb the conversation.
Not only that, but he is quoting poskim much earlier than him. I think the one line not in the SA or MGA is in the SHLA
I wasn't referring to Halachic writings, but rather to
THIS.
+1. IME it's not any more of a problem in right wing orthodoxy than in modern orthodoxy. But on the flip side, it's a serious problem in all these circles.
I won't mention names, but my friend, who's son was at Whistler for the first days of Pesach on the Mountain program, told me that his son told him about a certain father and son who were talking the entire Davening (contrasted by a certain giyores who was Davening every word from the siddur).