Boom Boxes at Softball tournaments. TD's Outlaw them.

[monkeysmom]

Nothing ironic here...Two totally different topics, one involves safety of the girls and the other is entertainment. Where safety is concerned MOST people err on the side of caution.

[Blind Squirrel]

Nothing ironic here...Two totally different topics, one involves safety of the girls and the other is entertainment. Where safety is concerned MOST people err on the side of caution.

I apologize for simply not having enough interest to explain myself on this matter.

John

[6th Sense]

earplugs!

[Ifubuildit]

So you want the girls on the adjacent fields to wear earplugs? I'm sure that will go over well with their coaches.

[tx_dad35]

PLEASE DONT STOP THE MUSIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Joe]

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is that you arto?

no.
why, you hanging around trailer parks checking out the talent when youre not hanging around the ballfields?

you saying i'm trailer park trash?? your right.... that was a very good come back and BTW - i was only joking

Nowhere...some free advice...start over on HB. New login, screen name, avatar...will give you a fresh start.

Memories can be long....and you've been well marked

[Sabertooth]

Nothing ironic here...Two totally different topics, one involves safety of the girls and the other is entertainment. Where safety is concerned MOST people err on the side of caution.

Who's entertainment?

[monkeysmom]

Oh for goodness sakes...are you people all engineers? Entertainment for the girls...it's about the girls. I am assuming you have a teenage girl since you are on this site. Have you looked at her lately? Notice those wires coming from her ears 24/7? Walk by her room at any given point...do you hear silence or is there always music in the background? Music is a part of EVERYTHING they do.

[Sabertooth]

Wires in dd ears don't bother, annoy, infringe, or entertain anyone but her. Which simply makes my point.

[Blind Squirrel]

Oh for goodness sakes...are you people all engineers? Entertainment for the girls...it's about the girls. I am assuming you have a teenage girl since you are on this site. Have you looked at her lately? Notice those wires coming from her ears 24/7? Walk by her room at any given point...do you hear silence or is there always music in the background? Music is a part of EVERYTHING they do.

You appear to be eager to talk down to people and come off as the voice of impeccable reason and taste, well qualified to tell others what they should think/do. Have it your way.

Is it appropriate for the music-immersed young person at home to blast the music that is so integral to their very being, to the point where it annoys the neighbors? For them to enjoy this life sustaining medium, should they do so without any regard for others? Does the universe revolve around “the girls” (apparently the fulcrum of all your cosmic pronouncements) on the field to the point of complete disregard for other life forms? Not my universe. In my universe, "the girls" are still members of society even at the fields. I guess that makes me the screwed up “engineer.” I teach my kids, by word and example, respect and concern for the feelings of others. And if they for one moment believe that they can act with impunity when something is as important to them as music, I remind them that they live in a civilized society inhabited by others of their species who deserve every bit as much regard as they themselves. So rotor around your child-God and her teammates. Expect everyone else to defer to your grand vision and be grateful for your generosity in sharing it with us less fortunate ones.

A suggestion: Before you judge the ability of others to comprehend the written word, take a refresher course at the local elementary school. The objections in this thread are not about the use of boom boxes in a respectful way. No one gives a Shit about whether your little precious or her teammates or anyone else plays music in a manner that conforms with common sense behavior exhibited by the vast majority of the people in this society. Continue to defend against the attack you clearly misperceive.

And for the sake of clarity, my previously posted lack of interest had to do with not caring to educate you about how to reason about things below the painfully obvious surface (Uhhhh one thing is entertainment and the other is about safety - Thanx Mrs. Hawking), and do so with at least cursory awareness of the value of consistency when applying stated principles. I'll leave that for another elementary school teacher. I don't know where you might turn for help with cursory awareness in general.

I look forward to another enlightening post from you which will surely enrich my life and show everyone the path to right-minded thinking.

John