If you only get loud music blared on the weekend i guess that is something. Those that feel compelled to inflict their taste in music on the whole neighborhood usually don't limit themselves to the weekend.
We had a case here where a guy who by all reports was a nice friendly well liked guy, went over the edge and killed the kids living in the next door. After a year of requesting that they turn down their music and a year of of the requests getting ignored, he went over the edge. He is now serving two life sentences.
The same type of action is used my the military to unhinge their opponent.
"One of the most startling aspects of musical culture in the post-Cold War United States is the systematic use of music as a weapon of war. First coming to mainstream attention in 1989, when US troops blared loud music in an effort to induce Panamanian president Manuel Norriega’s surrender, the use of “acoustic bombardment” has become standard practice on the battlefields of Iraq ..."
Anyway after the killings i noticed that in situations where people force their music on others and where they ignore requests for a more reasonable volume, there can be a tendency for tempers to flare..
CORAL SPRINGS, Florida – Two teenage brothers were home alone in their suburban neighborhood when an argument over loud music spiraled out of control, police said, leaving one brother dead from a knife to the chest and the other accused of killing him.
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Two people were shot on the city's west side over loud music, police said. NewsChannel5 reported that the man responsible for the shootings was taken into police custody.
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Teacher gunned down in dispute over loud music. Sorters Mill Elementary teacher Kelly Danaher was shot and killed at his home in the 300 block of Oak Knoll over the weekend.
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A Sikh father in the UK allegedly murdered his daughter during an argument about her playing loud music...
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On Tuesday, February 17, 2004, at about 4:30 a.m., Hollywood Area patrol officers responded to a shooting call in 1400 block of North Gardner Street. ... The motive for the shooting appears to be a neighbor dispute over loud music.
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Detroit police say three men died Sunday night in an apparent double murder- suicide following a dispute over loud music...
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A dispute over loud music led to the stabbing death of a Phoenix man Friday night, according to police.
The victim was drinking and listening to music in his apartment with co-workers when a man police believe was the victim's roommate got into an argument with him over the volume of the music.
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Houston Woman Killed Over Loud Music
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POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) - Police say an eastern Idaho man has been arrested for stabbing his roommate multiple times during a fight over loud music.
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. — A Los Angeles man is accused of killing his neighbor for playing loud music.
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Two brothers allegedly shot dead by their neighbour on the NSW mid-north coast were gunned down over a dispute about loud music, police believe.
The bodies of 29-year-old primary school teacher Luke Willis and his 22-year-old university student brother Sam were discovered with gunshot wounds on Sunday night in the Newcastle suburb of Mayfield.
