Montrovant
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The UN CAT concluded that..."subjecting ( people) to loud noise...constituted TORTURE. It is banned by various Geneva Convention protocols. Consult "Cranking up the Volume-Music as a tool of torture" by Jonathan Pieslak. We as civilized humans have a right to privacy, even the UN agrees that sonic antagonisation is unacceptable. A prisoner at Guantanamo has more personal rights and a better expectation of quality of life than do most Americans NOW. Add to that, the nature of the music being forced on us unwilling participants, no wonder this guy Michael Dunn,was driven to the point of madness by pointless loud hateful music being forced on him repeatedly. Its no excuse to take a life, but please dont excuse loud hateful noise as a right . Sonic antagonisation isnt a right by anyones lights. Shame on Dunns legal reps for not pointing that out.
What does this have to do with a criminal lunatic blazing away at an occupied SUV until he couldn't get a clear shot anymore??
I can't stand that loud thumping music either, but I'm not going to empty my gun into a vehicle just to shut it up.
Maybe it's just me, but I think listening to a few minutes of "Boom, Boom, Boom" shit is preferable to listening to 60+ years of "Inmate #XXX, it's time for your shower".
Perhaps, it is just you.
I'm confident that statement comes closer to applying to you, actually.
Certainly no one else here seems to be in agreement with your ludicrous stand of 'loud music is the culprit'. There is no legislation or pending legislation that I've ever heard of to try and have loud music be a valid defense for murder, so our elected officials don't seem to feel there is any mandate by the people to follow your asinine logic. And no one but you has tried to connect loud music played in someone else's vehicle to torture. I also don't know what you were trying to quote in the UN's convention against torture, I didn't see it in the text. But based on your interpretation, any concert or sporting event would constitute torture. I'm pretty sure the UN would disagree with you.
In short, your idiocy is all your own.