Posted on 04/05/2023 10:00:44 AM PDT by The_Media_never_lie
Loud music by the likes of Beethoven, Mozart and Vivaldi has been blaring inside the Westlake/MacArthur Park Metro station, along with the blinding effects of floodlights, the LA Times reported.
The push is part of a pilot program launched in January using a royalty-free playlist to drive out the homeless and cut down on crime — but some critics have described the sonorous strategy as tone-deaf torture that fails to address the underlying problems.
The tactic of using loud music with ulterior motives is nothing new.
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I was reading a story about how some officers in the sheriffs dept somewhere were just found guilty of abuse for playing “Baby Shark” on loops for a few hours to “punish” some unruly inmates.
A local Walgreens plays marching music outside at a pretty high volume to keep it from becoming an encampment. Seems to work.
“And that technique seems to work. There are examples of teenagers leaving an area that’s playing classical music, not because they don’t like the music but because of the associations,” Hirsch added.
Hamid Kahn, an organizer with the Stop LAPD Spying Coalition, also assailed the tactic.
“The city should address homelessness and people with mental health problems. You can’t close your eyes and expect people to go away. So-called hobos riding trains is an old American phenomenon,” Kahn told the paper.
“It doesn’t solve the problem in the long run. You are just pushing the problem somewhere else,” Kahn added.
Christian music.
When they realize they can’t get enough Vivaldi/Beethoven/Mozart, this will drive those homeless to camp out at the Symphony and Concert Halls.
I like your idea of Christian music. It might do them some good.
Some people think living in a tent for a year qualifies them for a nearly free $500,000 apartment.
Decatur, Illinois is affordable. Albany, Georgia is affordable. Los Angeles is a highly glamorous city that is not affordable for many people.
My solution—hard agricultural labor.
A few months working in the blazing desert sun will convince the vast majority of homeless that they might want to choose another life-style.
Even the craziest of the crazy will figure it out...
This got rid of Manuel Noriega.
Seattle used to do that in the early 90s to keep Teenz from congregating in parks or in front of businesses
Incremental suppression. Good to know that someone in L.A. has some sense.
But whot if Alex and his droogs love a little of the old Ludwig Van?
Our local subway/tram plays classical music, and particularly, string symphonies and concertos at entrances to its stations.
I like classical music, but I admit - violin played over a low-quality PA system, in tiled, bad-acoustic often windy subway stations is not something anyone will groove to.
Why live in Utica, NY if LA is sufficiently affordable?
Some bleeding-heart liberals (example: Kamala) will try to get people to donate ear-muffs to the homeless.
Maybe off topic, but, some stores I go in , are playing this hard rock soundtrack, and I actually try to get my shopping done quickly to get out of there.
When I was in the army, the NCO Academy played Elvira on a loop. After awhile, you block it out like white noise.
If they really wanted to punish prisoners, they would play Harris’s speeches.
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