From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npoiv!npois!houxm!houxa!houxi!hou5d!hou5a!hou5e!mat Newsgroups: net.social Title: Re: Loud music & teenagers ? Article-I.D.: hou5e.231 Posted: Sun Feb 20 19:33:32 1983 Received: Mon Feb 21 04:40:55 1983 References: houxm.333 This is a COMMON experience. The loud music tends to block out any experience except what the kids are concentrating on. They have grown used to it and our next generation is now damn near deaf. I read an article (maybe it was on the net) that said that when the Swedes though that they had a Soviet sub trapped, they had difficulty finding anyone able to operate the listening gear because all of the sailors were deaf ... not from gun duty, but from music heard in lounges and while on leave. YES, it is extremely rude to play ``music'' at this volume and in this way. It is rather like smoking in a crowded shopping mall. If you are concerned about your daughter, and about other children as well, perhaps you should find some of those other parents, and compare notes. You might have enough ammo to take to the school board. If we won't allow industrial workers to be exposed unprotected then what the HELL are we doing allowing our schools to expose our children to louder noise yet. Sorry for the dull style. Mark Terribile