Donald Clarke wrote: >An anti-music-in-public-places organization called Pipe Down was making >some progress in Britain a decade ago, but it would never work in the >USA. I've heard of that. The founder may lurk on this list. I love the idea. >If the British are too polite, we Americans are too rude. Suggest >to a shopping mall or a supermarket that they turn the "music" off and >they'll just look at you like you're crazy. Yes, but often they will accommodate you. I know. I've done this many times. >At the same time that some Americans believe that playing Mozart >at babies makes them smarter, it will not occur to them that playing >garbage at everybody all the time makes them stupider. They have not a clue. Roger Hecht *********************************************** The CLASSICAL mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's HDMail High Deliverability Mailer for reliable, lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html