[lbo-talk] Down with Lawn Mowers and Leaf Blowers! (was Too Old for Rap)

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

> On Jan 29, 2006, at 9:08 AM, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:
>
> > In both cases music has been used
> > instrumentally, so to speak, as an instrument of
> > authoritarian aggression.
>
> The neighborhoodlum would probably be driving a honda around here.   
> And the 'aggression' might be better described as provocation. And  
> hardly authoritarian' in both cases, eh?
>
> Martin

What is the most excruciating source of noise pollution in America?   
Lawn mowers and leaf blowers!

It is to be regretted that corporate Japan has learned to export its  
automobiles but failed to popularize stone gardens (e.g., <http:// 
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryoan-ji>) in the US market.

Yoshie Furuhashi
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