Noise: The root of all evil
In a properly functioning democracy, there would be no need for the country's president to be alerted about the dangers that noise poses to the economy. But ours is not a properly functioning democracy.
Two buses belonging to the same company are on the highway. The bus behind slams into the rear of the front bus, killing five people. Our country manufactures almost nothing, yet the spectacle of traffic lights having been knocked down, especially at month end is a NORMAL occurrence on our roads. Murderers walk the streets after a short stint in prison for brutally killing their lovers, because where "relationship" can be proved to have occurred between murderer and victim, the courts cannot impose the death penalty on the murderer. The quality of our primary education has sunk so low that the only child who fails the primary school leaving examination is one who didn't sit for the examination at all. Drought relief (ipelegeng) program "workers" spend ninety percent of their workday literally sleeping on the grass that they are supposed to be slashing, and only ten percent or less actually slashing some grass.
Meanwhile our president criss-crosses the African and International skies looking to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) into our economy. Taxes on FDI are slashed. visa restrictions are either removed or greatly reduced, red tape associated with registering companies is removed. But just as during the previous administration of General Khama, no FDI inflow into our economy occurs; the reason being that foreign direct investors invest ONLY WHERE THEY CAN MAKE A DECENT PROFIT! And what kind of profit can one make where the labour force sleeps for only two to three hours because there is noise disturbing their sleep all night long?
The root of all the above listed evils is NOIse. Take away noise from beer drinking; take away the loud juke box from drinking "spots" and lover murders will go down drastically. Take away the juke box and loud speaker from "fire" churches, and the incidents of rape of congregants by their "pastors" will die down. Take away the juke box from rural areas and agriculture will spring up dramatically as workers will be well rested for each working day. Take away the juke box and our trains will not face collisions with trucks that fail to stop at level rail crossings. Take away the juke box from our villages and our kids will get all the sleep they need, resulting in them learning continuously. In short take away the loudspeaker and juke box and our economy will thrive through the efforts and achievements of our people.
As a country we cannot afford to leave regulation and control of noise in residential places to UNARMED anti noise-pollution enforcers. Where excessive noise is generated, be it in a "fire" church, drinking spot or other wild entertainment venue, drug consumption is usually undertaken. In other words we are dealing with people whose mental capacities are impaired, and therefore the law enforcers ought to be armed for their own self-protection. Furthermore the law regulating noise pollution should be incorporated into our constitution because noise can make or break our economy.
Two buses belonging to the same company are on the highway. The bus behind slams into the rear of the front bus, killing five people. Our country manufactures almost nothing, yet the spectacle of traffic lights having been knocked down, especially at month end is a NORMAL occurrence on our roads. Murderers walk the streets after a short stint in prison for brutally killing their lovers, because where "relationship" can be proved to have occurred between murderer and victim, the courts cannot impose the death penalty on the murderer. The quality of our primary education has sunk so low that the only child who fails the primary school leaving examination is one who didn't sit for the examination at all. Drought relief (ipelegeng) program "workers" spend ninety percent of their workday literally sleeping on the grass that they are supposed to be slashing, and only ten percent or less actually slashing some grass.
Meanwhile our president criss-crosses the African and International skies looking to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) into our economy. Taxes on FDI are slashed. visa restrictions are either removed or greatly reduced, red tape associated with registering companies is removed. But just as during the previous administration of General Khama, no FDI inflow into our economy occurs; the reason being that foreign direct investors invest ONLY WHERE THEY CAN MAKE A DECENT PROFIT! And what kind of profit can one make where the labour force sleeps for only two to three hours because there is noise disturbing their sleep all night long?
The root of all the above listed evils is NOIse. Take away noise from beer drinking; take away the loud juke box from drinking "spots" and lover murders will go down drastically. Take away the juke box and loud speaker from "fire" churches, and the incidents of rape of congregants by their "pastors" will die down. Take away the juke box from rural areas and agriculture will spring up dramatically as workers will be well rested for each working day. Take away the juke box and our trains will not face collisions with trucks that fail to stop at level rail crossings. Take away the juke box from our villages and our kids will get all the sleep they need, resulting in them learning continuously. In short take away the loudspeaker and juke box and our economy will thrive through the efforts and achievements of our people.
As a country we cannot afford to leave regulation and control of noise in residential places to UNARMED anti noise-pollution enforcers. Where excessive noise is generated, be it in a "fire" church, drinking spot or other wild entertainment venue, drug consumption is usually undertaken. In other words we are dealing with people whose mental capacities are impaired, and therefore the law enforcers ought to be armed for their own self-protection. Furthermore the law regulating noise pollution should be incorporated into our constitution because noise can make or break our economy.
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