Banned from Owning Music

[Skanky Vamp]

I thought this was an interesting article which could also shed light on why his treatment was as such. So it does happen.

 

[zobothehobo]

But the thing is, and why you have to (old hippy alert) question everything, you don't have the full story.

What if he was given several warnings, and what if after the warnings they fined him, then after that they sentenced him to a three-day jail term and he still continued.

What if no matter what they did at midnight every night he blared those love songs just to frustrate his neighbors? It could have not been his enjoyment of music that was the problem but his using said music as a tool in a previous squabble. What better way to get vengeance against a neighbor than to keep him up and drive him crazy with the same intolerable song every night for hours on end.

I still think it's inhumane to take away someone's right to listen to music. I mean come on, that's absurd! there is absolutely nothing you could say, no circumstances that would make me think this guy DESERVED to not be able to listen to music anymore or that it was a fair punishment.

 

[caitaintdead]

All I have to say - Take away my music and I will punch you in an area that would be incredibly unpleasant.

I understand how frustrating it can be to live next to someone that is playing loud music, but I tell you what - I find babies crying to be 10 x more annoying. Ban the damn baby next door and take THAT away before taking away music. Or power drills. Gross.

This is just another example of boring people complaining about petty things because they have nothing better to do then stir.

 

[Kean]

I still think it's inhumane to take away someone's right to listen to music. I mean come on, that's absurd! there is absolutely nothing you could say, no circumstances that would make me think this guy DESERVED to not be able to listen to music anymore or that it was a fair punishment.

I completely agree. You could take away literally everything I possess: Books, DVD's, Laptop, TV. EVERYTHING. But the one thing I simply could not survive without is my music.

This whole thing reminds me of this.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ebWYwyDk_Y&feature=fvst[/ame]

 

[caitaintdead]

Kean agrees: Shawshank is my favourite film. If I can post some Andy, I will.

The novella is one of my favourite reads and the movie is easily in my top 10 of all time. I adore Andy Dufresne!

 

[Skytteflickan88]

All I have to say - Take away my music and I will punch you in an area that would be incredibly unpleasant.

I understand how frustrating it can be to live next to someone that is playing loud music, but I tell you what - I find babies crying to be 10 x more annoying. Ban the damn baby next door and take THAT away before taking away music. Or power drills. Gross.

This is just another example of boring people complaining about petty things because they have nothing better to do then stir.

They couldn't sleep, how is that them being petty because they're bored? Who wouldn't complain in that situation?

We don't know the exact circumstances, how loud, how long, but the article did say:

A neighbour, who refused to be named, said: "It was horrible, truly horrible - nobody could get a decent night's sleep because this guy was blaring out love songs all through the night.

 

[Gum Gnome33]

Well...you know...maybe it's ok if they took his *bad* music away. Now if he was listening to Brahms or Shostakovich or Beethoven or The Beatles or The Ramones or The Misfits or Sleater Kinney or Arcade Fire, maybe there wouldn't have been any complaints to begin with. LOL.

And, guys, I'm only half kidding! 😛 To be serious though, it's a big deal when people can't sleep. But it's also a big deal to take away someone's possessions, because that is quite a slippery slope. Gah.

 

[Washburne]

What bothers me most about the article isn't that they ban him from having music. Even if from what we know it sounds silly beyond words. What gets me is why they need to go on about what kind of music it was. Had there been no complaint if he played anything else than "girlie love songs"? Is it april fools already?

 

[Ianigsy]

I think that what we're looking at is an example of how we deal with anti-social behaviour in Britain now. For about ten years the authorities have been able to get an antisocial behaviour order to stop a specific individual doing something, going somewhere, or associating with somebody if it causes a problem. It's usually used to stop shoplifters or young troublemakers hanging around town centres, but it has been used as a solution to neighbourhood disputes- there was even one case where a woman was fined because of the amount of noise she was making in bed.

The trouble is that it doesn't deal with the root problem- does this man have mental health issues or learning difficulties which need support?- but with the external manifestation of the problem. The idea is that if he then breaches the order, it's easier to get him into the court system and get the police to take action. But I think our expectation of privacy is different- people in this country kind of like to be able to pretend that their neighbours don't exist.

 

[Buffy Summers]

Only in Ireland... 😀