[kj] OT: Torture in Oz

[Phillipps Marc]

>They could be forced to listen to Chris Connelly.

There are laws against that sort of punishment . . 


(I hear the US tried it at Guantanemo though . . )


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> From:	gathering-bounces at misera.net [SMTP:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On
> Behalf Of Paul Rangecroft
> Sent:	Monday, July 17, 2006 4:06 PM
> To:	A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)
> Subject:	Re: [kj] OT: Torture in Oz
> 
> Could be worse.
> 
> They could be forced to listen to Chris Connelly.
> 
> 
> On 7/17/06, A. Madani < a.madani at anirrationaldomain.net
> <mailto:a.madani at anirrationaldomain.net>> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> Manilow tunes annoy residents
> 
> 
> Agitation grows in Sydney suburb over tactic to oust revelers
> 
> 
> SYDNEY, Australia (AP) -- It could be magic for some, but the use of loud
> Barry Manilow music to drive away late-night revelers from a suburban
> Sydney park is getting on the nerves of nearby residents.
> 
> In a move reminiscent of U.S. efforts to drive former Panama strongman
> Manuel Noriega from the Vatican Embassy where he took refuge in 1989, the
> local council in Rockdale, in Sydney's southern suburbs, started a
> six-month trial of high-volume hits by Manilow and Doris Day to chase away
> car enthusiasts who were gathering on weekend nights at Cook Park Reserve.
> 
> "Barry's our secret weapon," Rockdale Deputy Mayor Bill Saravinovski told
> The Daily Telegraph newspaper, four weeks after the start of the effort.
> "It seems to be working."
> 
> But some people living near the park are less than enthralled. They say
> the barrage of "Copacabana," "Could It Be Magic" and "Que Sera Sera,"
> blasting from 9 p.m. to midnight every Friday, Saturday and Sunday is
> driving them crazy.
> 
> "I don't know how I will cope," said Moya Dunn, describing how the songs
> have invaded her house. "I just can't sleep when it's on, and to think
> there's going to be another six months of this."
> 
> Officials have given in a little, agreeing to turn down the volume a bit
> after residents complained.
> 
> "The initial reaction was that they found it irritating," Saravinovski
> said. "I'm not disputing what the residents are saying. I can't swallow
> some of the tracks like `Mandy.'
> 
> "We have tried to reduce the sound and we are reviewing the songs. I don't
> mind Barry Manilow, but I'm more of an ABBA and Celine Dion fan."
> 
> 
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