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Proof That Classical Music Is Better

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TACOMA, Wash. -- City authorities, fed up with gang activity in public places, are taking Bach their bus stop.

Transit workers are installing speakers this week to pump classical music from Seattle's KING-FM into the Tacoma Mall Transit Center. The tactic is designed to disperse young criminals who make drug deals at the bus stop or use public transportation to circulate between the mall and other trouble-prone places.

The attack by Bach, Brahms and Beethoven follows the theory that prompted the city to stage pinochle games on dangerous street corners: Jolting the routine in such spots throws criminals off balance.

"It's based on routine activity theory and situational crime prevention. You mix different types of activities in locations that are crime-ridden to change the composition of the environment," said psychologist Jacqueline Helfgott, who chairs the Criminal Justice Department at Seattle University.

Skeptics include Tony Wilson, a bus driver for 18 years.

"It could do one of two things: It could calm the beast, or it could just stir things up," Wilson said. "I think the reason we don't have music on the buses is that you can't please everyone. It would just cause drama."
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Back off, punk, I have Beethoven!

If I see a man on a bus with Vivaldi, I'll kill him!

Heck, I don't care whether he's on a bus or not. I hate that stinking The Four Seasons. I was never so pacified, so at peace with the world as the day I learned that Vivaldi was dead.
 
So, an unfounded theory that classic music will somehow repell criminals because they will be frightened and confused by the unusual stimuli, like the unfrozen caveman lawyer, "prooves" that classic music is "better?"

That sounds like an arguement the unfrozen caveman lawyer would come up with.
 
ImaginalDisc said:
So, an unfounded theory that classic music will somehow repell criminals because they will be frightened and confused by the unusual stimuli, like the unfrozen caveman lawyer, "prooves" that classic music is "better?"

That sounds like an arguement the unfrozen caveman lawyer would come up with.
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This sounds like someone whose humor-processing brain functions have been destroyed in a surgical procedure gone tragically awry.
 
Wanna make sumfin' of it??

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BPSCG said:
This sounds like someone whose humor-processing brain functions have been destroyed in a surgical procedure gone tragically awry.
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Your defensive attitude frightens and confuses me. I'm just a simple unfrozen caveman who passed the bar exam, but one thing I do know is that when a man slips and falls on the pavement, he deserves two millions dollar to compensate him for damages.
 
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