Judge sentences rap fan to Bach, Beethoven

Associated Press ^

[jakerobins]

Man refuses offer to reduce fine in exchange for tuning into classical music

URBANA, Ohio - A defendant had a hard time facing the music.

Andrew Vactor was facing a $150 fine for playing rap music too loudly on his car stereo in July. But a judge offered to reduce that to $35 if Vactor spent 20 hours listening to classical music by the likes of Bach, Beethoven and Chopin.

Vactor, 24, lasted only about 15 minutes, a probation officer said.

[proud American in Canada]

You can lead a man to a 2004 San Patrignano Colli di Rimini Cabernet Montepirolo, but you can't make him put down that Thunderbird.

LOL! Perfect.

[buccaneer81]

I would sentence him to a week of listening to “One Tin Soldier” (Theme from Billy Jack) by Coven.

Or "Midnight at the Oasis" by Maria Muldaur.

[seoul62]

Slim Whitman or that other notable chanteuse: Yoko Ono./Just Asking - seoul62.......

[Emperor Palpatine]

Better yet - "Seasons in the Sun" by Terry Jacks....

[MarineBrat]

Stupid is as stupid does. There’s a whole world... no, a whole universe out there this this basketball child is oblivious of.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WCj0y9MMxc

[buccaneer81]

Even better— “Billy Don’t Be A Hero” by Bo Donaldson and The Heywoods.

[Lx]

You can’t, he’s dead.

[jakerobins]

Wish Billy Jack and CHuck Norris would go Round House kick the lot of Dems in DC!! LOL

[Lx]

Oh, you’re going to pay for having that song in my head!
Billy, don’t be a hero...

[workerbee]

He couldn’t go for baroque.

[Clemenza]

I liked “Billy Jack” as a kid (they used to show it on HBO alot). Sure, he was a hippy, but he knew how to kick a-s, especially those of corrupt politicians.

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

“a judge offered to reduce that to $35”

No thanks, judge-man.

I can cut a-buck-fitty in 2 hours sellin rock on the street.

Peace!

[353FMG]

“..if Vactor spent 20 hours listening to classical music by the likes of Bach, Beethoven and Chopin.”

Pearls and swine.

[Red Badger]

Kenny G and Michael Bolton were going to team up and call the group Guns-N-Noses.

Then Barry Manilow is definitely a contender!..........

[Alter Kaker]

Unfortunately he is still with us (according to Wikipedia).

May God have mercy on our souls.

[A.A. Cunningham]

may he rest in peace.

Don't tell that to Boone. He writes a column for WND.

[kbennkc]

I like Pat Boone a lot . It is a generational thing . He was as big as it gets if you were around then . On a personal note , I saw him in Vegas in 1970 and I was about the only one in the house in uniform . In the middle of a song and without missing a beat , he walked down off the stage and up about 5 tables to shake my hand .

[SAJ]

Or ‘’You Light Up My Life’’. Probably some 8th Amendment objections to that, but tough!

[Old Grumpy]

Perhaps “Tiptoe Through the Tulips” by Tiny Tim would fix him right up.

[austinaero]

Sentence him to an hour of Yoko Ono and he’d do anything you wanted! Heck, make it a half-hour!