Music To Soothe The Savage Pusher
Crime, Government, Laws Gone Too Far
The war on drugs has taken many a twist and turn over the past several decades. Nancy Reagan urged drug users to just say no… Medicinal marijuana use has been debated in and out of local governments and courts… Cold medicines have been put behind the counter to deter chemistry-minded kids… And now it appears that one city is going to pull out the big guns.
That’s right, drug dealers in Tacoma, WA, better start quivering in fear because Beethoven & Bach are about to go Classical on their a$$.
You heard me. Gangs, hoodlums and pushers are going to meet their match courtesy of some civic-minded civil servants who are convinced that playing classical music over the loudspeakers at public places will drive away the criminals.
I suppose they came up with this theory based on how they flee their own teenagers’ rooms when the latest Hip-Hop song is blasting from their stereo. Or how Polka music makes them gag. It certainly couldn’t be based on common sense.
After all, most every drug dealer can afford an iPod. Just pop on the headphones and it’s business as usual.
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TheWriteJerry @ July 31, 2007
I never did any “drugs” other than drinking. I know it’s hard to believe… but I never took a toke, never hit a line, and never popped a pill. Now they are showing a commercial where the dog talkes to the kid and urges her not to smoke pot anymore. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? Mow I want to try what she’s hittin’. I’m dyin’ to know what my pooches are really saying.
Oh man, I would love to talk to the animals!
When I was a kid, all we had were those “This is your brain on drugs” commercials. They just made me hungry.