From Ananova, the cultured - if pixilated* - cyber-journalist - [*as in
pixels, presumably not a drunk herself as is the alleged opera-phobic
mob of the underground]
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=29&art_id=iol1173312521148A551
Vienna is hoping that opera will succeed where police have failed
in driving drug addicts and drunks out of the city's underground
network.
Drug addicts and alcoholics have refused to move on from the
city's main Karlsplatz underground station despite frequent
police crackdowns over the years.
Local councillor Ursula Stenzel said: "We will be playing classical
music, and broadcasting opera on specially installed TV screens."
She said she hoped the music would force the troublemakers to move on.
Her spokesperson said: "These sort of people are not known for
their love of opera and classical music, and we believe they
will not hang around. Those that do might find that civilised
music encourages civilised behaviour."
The social workers already working with the loiterers however
are sceptical the idea will really work.
[A personal note: opera has never driven me out of whatever I was
underneath.]
Janos Gereben/SF
www.sfcv.org
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