Is Ozzy doing the right thing?

[OzzyKP]

You made the morning news on the radio yesterday morning, Ozzy. I chuckled.

My gut reaction to the device is that it seems icky to design something specifically to drive away children as if they were vermin. So I guess I'm with you.

-Arrian

Thanks! And good news! What station? Did they mention NYRA by name?

[MOBIUS]

You made the morning news on the radio yesterday morning, Ozzy. I chuckled.

My gut reaction to the device is that it seems icky to design something specifically to drive away children as if they were vermin. So I guess I'm with you.

-Arrian

A significant minority of children in the valleys are vermin - why do you think it's a Welsh invention?

[MOBIUS]

This is my favourite product: Playing classic music outside shops and shopping centres to discourage teenagers is a techniques that has been used for sometime with moderate effect.

Some might say that playing classical music to teenagers is a far worse punishment than the mosquito...

[OzzyKP]

Playing classical music.

[Thoth]

Getting high and listening to classical music.

Fixed.

[OzzyKP]

btw, even the French are interested in our victory:

http://www.france-amerique.com/articles/2010/10/08/un_appareil_repulsif_mosquito_juge_discriminatoire_retire_a_washington.html

Un appareil répulsif "Mosquito", jugé discriminatoire, retiré à Washington

AFP

08 octobre 2010

Une association de défense des droits des jeunes est parvenue à faire retirer "pour discrimination" un appareil acoustique répulsif "Mosquito", installé au coeur d'un quartier commercial de Washington pour disperser les jeunes, seuls à entendre ses sons stridents.

Le "Mosquito" est le nom commercial d'un dispositif sonore qui émet un signal pulsé puissant et très désagréable, audible par presque tous les jeunes de moins de 25 ans.

Ce système répulsif est utilisé pour dissuader des adolescents trop bruyants ou indésirables de stationner dans des lieux où ils ne sont pas les bienvenus.

Un de ces dispositifs avait été installé début septembre aux environs du métro Gallery Place par le promoteur immobilier de ce quartier animé et commercial de la capitale, a indiqué vendredi Dave Moss, directeur des opérations de l'association National Youth Rights Association.

"Ils vous diront que c'était pour empêcher de jeter des ordures. Je vous dirais que c'est pour éloigner les jeunes", a-t-il expliqué.

Interrogé, le promoteur n'a pas répondu aux appels de l'AFP.

L'Association de défense des droits des jeunes a adressé mi-septembre une plainte au Bureau des droits de l'Homme de Washington pour faire retirer l'appareil au nom d'une loi contre "la discrimination selon l'âge".

"Malheureusement, ces répulsifs, utilisés surtout en Europe notamment en Grande-Bretagne, commencent à arriver aux Etats-Unis. Il y en a à New York, Chicago. Nous avons l'attention de tous les faire retirer à travers le pays", a assuré le responsable de l'association.

Sadly, French reporters don't understand the difference between "loitering" and "littering"...

[Thoth]

Sadly, your quote is in furrin.

Speak English or Die!

[MOBIUS]

You're Canadian, you should be conversant in the language.

I'm saddened by the fact that they don't say that it's a Welsh invention, just that it's notably used in the UK...

[Ben Kenobi]

I personally find the use of this device hilarious.

[Thoth]

You're Canadian, you should be conversant in the language.

Only Qwebekers and furriners speak that rubbish.

I'm saddened by the fact that they don't say that it's a Welsh invention, just that it's notably used in the UK...

Be happy that folks aren't blaming you (yet). It cuts the odds of your silly nation stopping a nuke or two.

[Al B. Sure!]

I personally find the use of this device hilarious.

Ben, you wouldn't have ever been able to hear it anyway. Remember, you don't get to hear the frequency that angels speak in.

[giblets]

Ben, you wouldn't have ever been able to hear it anyway. Remember, you don't get to hear the frequency that angels speak in.

Uhh that was probably his point

[Al B. Sure!]

Uhh that was probably his point

shut up, you.

[Ben Kenobi]

Same with the delightful Vuvuzelas. Their use should not only be encouraged but mandated in every stadium. They add considerable ambience and excitement.

[Heraclitus]

Of course I'm doing the right thing.

After thinking about it, yes I think you are

Its hard to believe that they even have stuff like this set up. Classical music is however different since many people like it.