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Using Classical Music As a Form of Social Control

Posted by samzenpus on from the feeling-of-dread-in-f-minor dept.

cyberfringe writes "Classical music is being used increasingly in Great Britain as a tool for social control and a deterrent to bad behavior. One school district subjects badly behaving children to hours of Mozart in special detention. Unsurprisingly, some of these youth now find classical music unbearable. Recorded classical music is blared through speakers at bus stops, outside stores, train stations and elsewhere to drive away loitering youth. Apparently it works. Detentions are down, graffiti is reduced, and naughty youth flee because they find classical music repugnant."

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  1. Re:It'll stop in a few years by Gordonjcp · · Score: 0, Troll

    Bach was a good composer. Mozart is umitigated shit. Why it remains so popular, I have no idea - in its day his music was just mass-produced commercial crap similar to Stock, Aitken and Waterman "Hit Factory" releases.

  2. Re:A Clockwork Orange by Kuroji · · Score: 0, Troll

    I'm from the United States and MI6 has done worse. And our police and shops don't use classical music, flashing lights, or anything else to drive kids away.

    Fuck Britain.

  3. Re:It's a sin! by Rocketship+Underpant · · Score: 0, Troll

    Britain is destroying itself much more quickly than a bombing campaign ever could.

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