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Cultures collide in diverse Hamtramck
Topic: Society 5:26 pm EDT, Apr 26, 2004

This is a 4 minute thing that they blast 5 times a day. There is a sample on this site. For the most part I think its cool. I wouldn't mind it especially in an urban area. But, of course, I mostly like it because its alien. Others will hate it for the same reason.

I think the critical question is, at dawn? If this thing is loud enough to wake people up its a no go. I strongly support your right to blast islamic rites (or heavy metal for that matter) as long as you're not interfering with other people's sleep.

[ This is an interesting issue to consider. Fundamentally, yes, anything that is detrimental the majority of people in an area shouldn't be imposed. Waking everyone up at 5:30 in the morning (or whenever sunrise is...) is almost certainly a problem.

The concept of a minaret spiking into the sky in my neighborhood, broadcasting a call to prayer (though real people would be cooler than loudspeakers...), is sorta romantic in the abstract, and diversity (as the bolded section above notes) is certainly a positive force. From that standpoint, I support this kinda thing.
However, in reality, I may well tire of the sound after time, or if it were very close and very loud, during dinner, or during my favorite show or while talking to grandma on the phone.

As Decius says, community standards have to define the community environment, but i do have trouble with it when people make foolish, ignorant choices, based more on xenophobia and short sighted value structures than on policy of acceptance and cultural adaptability. Obviously, that's based on my own progressivism, and I can't force anyone to think my way, but I have no problem telling people they're being irrational or unfair.

Like a woman named Dembowski wishing people could be more "American". -k]

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