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Article: Noise pollution not my idea of a hoot.(News)
- Article from:
- Pretoria News (South Africa)
- Article date:
- August 6, 2009
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Is noise a virtue? A few weeks ago, an article in the Pretoria News tried to promote the city of Pretoria. This was probably aimed at tourists, because the locals know Pretoria well. The article (a full page, together with photos) was boasting about the vibrant life, mainly in the Indian market (Marabastad) and the CBD.
The noise of loud music and the constant hooting of the taxis was one of the highlights of the promotion. It is not up to me to decide whe-ther this cacophony would appeal to the tourists or not, but most probably not. It would be just common sense, although not so common apparently, that noise is exactly what it is, just a noise. Noise is ...