Brave New World

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7240180.stm

Calls to ban 'anti-teen' device


Campaigners are calling for a ban on a device that emits a high-pitched sound to disperse groups of teenagers, saying it is not a fair way to treat them.
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Their sound causes discomfort to young ears - but their frequency is above the normal hearing range of people over 25.
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The devices, which exploit the fact that a person's ability to hear high frequencies generally declines once they reach their 20s, have proved popular with councils and police who aim to tackle anti-social behaviour by using them to disperse groups of youths.
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[iamthebandfanman]

1. yeah, god forbid they ask or tell them to do it ;) n/t

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

2. Indeed.

The organisations want to highlight what they call the "increasingly negative" way society views and deals with children and young people.

Maybe if they started holding parents accountable for the actions of their woefully unsupervised children people wouldn't feel "negative" towards the kids. Britain has some really fucked up kids. I've lived all over the states, in urban, suburban, and rural settings, and I've never seen anything like the packs of brats running around over here except in extremely poverty-stricken urban settings in the US. I don't support the use of these devices, but I understand the frustration of a shop-owner trying to deal with a bunch of eight to fifteen year olds spitting, smoking cigarettes, trying to steal shit, and harassing customers right outside a store - kids who will not go away unless the police are called.