Slightly alarming:
If you like classical or rap music or both, you should also be disgusted to hear stories like this where a judge ‘punishes’ an offender for playing loud music (usually rap) by having to listen to classic music. Sad to say, this ain’t an isolated incident. Classical music is also being used in certain London subway stations to root out antisocial behavior. What’s the message here?
The same idea’s at work- supposedly, classical music will wipe out criminal urges. Any studies to prove that? Who cares?
What it’s also saying is that classical music is something forced on you if you’re bad. If you listen to rap, your punishment is that you have to listen to classical? Classical music has enough problems with getting through to more people and not having it made synonymous with discipline. Or how about using classical music to drive away people in subway stations? Again, what kind of message is that sending?