Noise Polluters Sentenced To Listen To Barry Manilow 8
A Colorado judge has come up with a way to ensure noise polluters learn their lesson. He forces them to listen to Barry Manilow. Four times a year, Judge Paul Sacco forces noise ordinance violators to sit in a room and listen to one hour of hits from Barry Manilow and Barney, the purple dinosaur. "These people should have to listen to music they don't like," Mr Sacco said.
Neil Diamond I can stand (Score:2, Funny)
I can stand Neil Diamond. In fact, in some moods, I could listen to his music for an hour straight. Barry Manilow, on the other hand, gives me an itch that can only be scratched by changing the channel.
Also first post.
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Taxpayer dollars put to waste, as well as the time of those serving this sentence...[snip]...Community service to help deaf persons or any number of other things that would not be a complete waste
Problem 1: to do just about anything in a specialised field such as working with the deaf requires a certain amount of training, unlike, say, picking up garbage. So you have to take someone with those skills away from whatever else they're doing in order to train the miscreants.
Problem 2: anyone antisocial enough t
my lad, this is THE correct application of justice (Score:3, Insightful)
prison sentence ? cash penalty ? public service ? all irrelevant to this crime.
but, subjecting them to the same treatment, is up to the point.
punishing individuals with penalties irrelevant to their crime havent accomplished much to this point. before criticizing something with nonsense, you should get your argument together first, but do it with observation.
ha also (Score:2)
you make an effect on other inhabitants of the world that forces them to say 'fuck your taxpayer money'.
try to become less self centered. youre not the only people in the world paying taxes.
and really, fuck your taxpayer money.
if you dont want to pay taxes, withdraw to a fuckin mountain top, and live as a hermit, and let go of all perks being a society brings.
if yo
So... (Score:1)
I hope they obtained a license to do public performance of the music, otherwise they'll probably see some paperwork their way ;-)