The Best Way to Spread Christmas Cheer…
…is singing loud for all to hear. We all love the holiday classics, but even the most famous Christmas songs can get on our nerves after a while.
If played too often and too loudly, music can lose its entertainment value and quickly become a source of annoyance. And it certainly doesn’t help when that music is sung at an obnoxiously high pitch by a group of Chipmunks…
One train station has resorted to nasty measures to reduce the homeless population this holiday season, and local citizens are up in arms about it. Read through the article below and see how you feel about it.
Is this any way to treat people?
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Start the slideshow below to learn how the police are perverting Christmas music to keep out the homeless, then SHARE and let us know your feelings!
Rough Sleeping
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It seems that no matter where you go, centers of public transportation like bus and train stations are often havens for the less fortunate, and you are likely to see at least one homeless person there looking for shelter over night or when the weather is inclement.
The town of Bournemouth, England has taken a, ahem, creative approach to keeping the homeless out of the local train station in a measure that some are calling sadistic.
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Annoying
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The local police initially started a campaign in which they played bagpipe music at the station between midnight and 6 A.M., which sounds festive and traditional, except that their mission was equal parts entertainment and aural torture: the police have purposefully been blasting music to deter the homeless population from trying to sleep there.
However, in response to this tactic, around 4,000 signatures were gathered to put a stop to the madness. So the police improvised…
Alvin!
Even the Chipmunks look horrified. (Source: Twitter @theallengaynor)
Now, instead of bagpipe music, the station loudly plays Christmas music from Alvin and the Chipmunks to make it difficult for homeless people to sleep there overnight.
Known for their high-pitched voices and shrill banter, residents have said that the town “council should be finding a solution to help the homeless […] not drive them away.” A local protestor also cited that “playing annoying, loud music at the travel interchange is in no way a solution as it will simply move the homeless people on to another area in the town.”
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Comparing the piercingly melodious sounds of the Chipmunks to the type of musical torture that prisoners endure at places like Guantanamo Bay, many citizens are appalled at how the town has decided to treat the homeless population instead of using their resources to better their situation during the holidays.
I grew up listening to Alvin and the Chipmunks Christmas music, but this just sounds so wrong to me. There’s no way anyone could last for more than one album of those singing rodents, especially after midnight.
The town has since vowed to discontinue the music and look for other ways to make the station feel safe at night.
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