Comments on: Florida Turns up the Volume: Strikes Down Law Banning Loud Music in Vehicles http://www.jdjournal.com/2012/12/14/florida-turns-up-the-volume-strikes-down-law-banning-loud-music-in-vehicles/ Legal Industry News Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:04:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ltd777 http://www.jdjournal.com/2012/12/14/florida-turns-up-the-volume-strikes-down-law-banning-loud-music-in-vehicles/comment-page-1/#comment-463308 ltd777 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:36:00 +0000 http://www.jdjournal.com/?p=53279#comment-463308 this total B.S. what is free speech. it is the political right to communicate one's opinions and ideas using one's body and property to anyone who is willing to receive them. i don't want to hear your stereo's in my house. it is not free speech if i can not turn it off, walk away or stop listening to it! i am not given that option! i have to listen to your music(not mine) everyday whether i want to or not. SO WHAT ABOUT MY RIGHTS!!!!!!!! COMPLETE IDIOTS!! this total B.S. what is free speech. it is the political right to communicate one’s opinions and ideas using one’s body and property to anyone who is willing to receive them. i don’t want to hear your stereo’s in my house. it is not free speech if i can not turn it off, walk away or stop listening to it! i am not given that option! i have to listen to your music(not mine) everyday whether i want to or not. SO WHAT ABOUT MY RIGHTS!!!!!!!! COMPLETE IDIOTS!!

]]> By: mindbird http://www.jdjournal.com/2012/12/14/florida-turns-up-the-volume-strikes-down-law-banning-loud-music-in-vehicles/comment-page-1/#comment-196223 mindbird Tue, 18 Dec 2012 16:28:06 +0000 http://www.jdjournal.com/?p=53279#comment-196223 Poor Floridians--the cacophony of modern life is about to be enhanced by the sounds of singers crooning and cussing for sex and violence. I have seen people whose music is so loud they can't hear ambulance sirens. I have read about people being shot over their loud music. Now you can have these experiences, too! Poor Floridians–the cacophony of modern life is about to be enhanced by the sounds of singers crooning and cussing for sex and violence. I have seen people whose music is so loud they can’t hear ambulance sirens. I have read about people being shot over their loud music. Now you can have these experiences, too!

]]> By: Mark Markarian http://www.jdjournal.com/2012/12/14/florida-turns-up-the-volume-strikes-down-law-banning-loud-music-in-vehicles/comment-page-1/#comment-192166 Mark Markarian Fri, 14 Dec 2012 11:46:51 +0000 http://www.jdjournal.com/?p=53279#comment-192166 The simple concept of disturbing the peace is now legal under the First Amendment. The amendment written to protect political speech and uncomfortable ideas from being suppressed or curtailed is being used by Mr. Catalano and Mr. Schermerhorn for playing their cars stereo too loud, with the court protecting their right to be a pain in the butt to their motoring neighbor. But then to tie in the fact that the law isn't applicable to police and emergency vehicles and thereby unequal in its application, shows the cluelessness of the attorneys involved. When our courts strike down simple laws that empower police to use their common sense to fine, but not arrest people for acting like bozos before tempers flare, we know we’re on the wrong track. Mark Markarian Pleasantville, NY The simple concept of disturbing the peace is now legal under the First Amendment. The amendment written to protect political speech and uncomfortable ideas from being suppressed or curtailed is being used by Mr. Catalano and Mr. Schermerhorn for playing their cars stereo too loud, with the court protecting their right to be a pain in the butt to their motoring neighbor.

But then to tie in the fact that the law isn’t applicable to police and emergency vehicles and thereby unequal in its application, shows the cluelessness of the attorneys involved.

When our courts strike down simple laws that empower police to use their common sense to fine, but not arrest people for acting like bozos before tempers flare, we know we’re on the wrong track.

Mark Markarian
Pleasantville, NY

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