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Harry Krause
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Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 22:57:34 -0500
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I'll be sure to bring that up the next time someone in our little area
some sort of shopping center: it'll attract religious zealots, and
that is reason enough to turn down any shopping center!
Seriously, there are some Jesus-freaks with powered megaphones nearly
every day at the park at Connecticut and K in downtown DC, and some of
these droolers sometimes wander across the street to the sidewalk of a
building in which we have a long-time client. I've managed toresist the
temptation to pour water on them from an upper floor.



Don't let the Bullhorns bother you Harry, it's been going on now for
better than 250 years.

You ought to appreciate them Harry, seeing you are such a defender of
free speech, that is unless that speech is something you seemingly
don't agree with. "Bullhorning" is one thing that actually helped make
the United States.

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http://www.jewishworldreview.com/mic...lkin110299.asp

What's all that extra crap on the top of all your responses here, fella?
Can't you edit it out?

I support free speech, but that doesn't mean some religious idiots ought
to be allowed to use powered megaphones in a small public park to
disrupt everyone within hearing distance. In nice weather, that little
park used to be frequented by office folks enjoying their lunch. Now,
the nutcases with the powered megaphones have driven just about everyone
out of the park at lunchtime. Hey, you want to get up on a soapbox, yak,
and hand out flyers on public property, go for it. But to force everyone
to hear your insanity because you are using powered megaphones to
disturb everyone's lunch? Nah.

Does your town have noise ordnances? Call the cops. My town's got a
clause in its rules which say that the use of powered amplification
equipment in public places requires a permit because it falls under the
heading of "parade" or some such thing. Obviously, the cops don't bother
with school football games whose announcer is audible 3 blocks away. But,
they *do* show up at public parks to provide "adjustments" to people who
bring enormous boom boxes and think the whole world wants to listen to
their music.

I dunno what the ordnance is in DC regarding noise. You really have to be
obnoxious in DC to get arrested for any kind of free speech or
demonstration behavior, though.

I'm sure *some* cops would approach them and ask them to turn it down, or
off. It's at least worth asking a cop if such an ordinance exists. Actually,
YOU could ask them to turn it down. It might actually work if they're real
Kristians.