[lbo-talk] Campaign against Muzak

[John Adams]

It's been really hard to take you seriously since you praised _The 
DaVinci Code_ for it's historical value, but:

On Apr 8, 2006, at 10:25 AM, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:

> I am not quite sure what you are trying to tell me by
> saying to be careful what I wish for, followed by an
> excerpt from the transcript from "Do the right thing"
> film. That it is OK for some people to break the norms
> of civlised behavior?

No, just that your alleged norms of civilized behavior boil down to 
"Shut the fuck up", to which the only sensible, civilized reply is, 
"Fuck you."

Sorry--I misspoke. I meant to say, "FUCK YOU!"

> As a point of clarification, I see noise producing
> behavior mainly as the male juvenile contumacy thing -
> limited mainly to young and immature males of all
> ethnic backgrounds.

Displaying a remarkable amount of bigotry here, you are deaf to what 
you say below:

> noise producing gizmos - from emergency vehicles, to
> trucks and buses, to lawn mowers, and to ubiquitous
> alarms of all imaginable kinds.

Silencers such as yourself are fundamentally authoritarian.

> For example, in most
> African cultures young people are forbidden to speak
> in the presence of elders, unless spoken to.

That sort of authoritarianism needs flushed down the shitter. I reject 
it.

> One thing that you
> notice when you travel overseas is how much quieter
> overseas places tend to be

If you want quiet, move to the suburbs, like all the other selfish 
pricks. I like my cities loud.