06-04-2004, 05:06 PM
If it was any other religion/race, we'd have the same issues.
But considering my area is predominantley Jewish, I (along with thousands of other people) have a problem with it.
A volunteer firehouse having their alarm go off is different. That's to let people know to be cautious of their surroundings- in other words, get out of the streets b/c you don't know when and where the firetrucks will go. That's for safety reasons, at least I think so.
Having a Sabbath Alarm go off to let them know it's praying time, is highly annoying. As I've said. Why does everyone around here need to know that it's time for them to pray? Why can't they keep it to themselves? If they were to turn it down and cut short the time the stupid thing rings, then I don't think everyone would have a problem with it as much.
It's a very very high pitched sound that honestly, hurts MY ears as well as my friend Barry's (and we're probably not the only ones).
My neighborhood has lived without it longer than I've been alive. Why should they need it NOW? If they really want to be reminded of when it starts, as I've said, they should use an alarm clock in their homes and leave the rest of the neighborhood without it.
There's a difference between having a firehouse siren go off and a sabbath alarm going off. One is for safety reasons (I guess you could say that) and the other serves absolutley no purpose. I'd feel safer living across the street from a firehouse than living across the street from this annoyance.
Oh- and the sabbath isn't the only time it has gone off. There was another holiday (I can't recall) that it went off as well.
But considering my area is predominantley Jewish, I (along with thousands of other people) have a problem with it.
A volunteer firehouse having their alarm go off is different. That's to let people know to be cautious of their surroundings- in other words, get out of the streets b/c you don't know when and where the firetrucks will go. That's for safety reasons, at least I think so.
Having a Sabbath Alarm go off to let them know it's praying time, is highly annoying. As I've said. Why does everyone around here need to know that it's time for them to pray? Why can't they keep it to themselves? If they were to turn it down and cut short the time the stupid thing rings, then I don't think everyone would have a problem with it as much.
It's a very very high pitched sound that honestly, hurts MY ears as well as my friend Barry's (and we're probably not the only ones).
My neighborhood has lived without it longer than I've been alive. Why should they need it NOW? If they really want to be reminded of when it starts, as I've said, they should use an alarm clock in their homes and leave the rest of the neighborhood without it.
There's a difference between having a firehouse siren go off and a sabbath alarm going off. One is for safety reasons (I guess you could say that) and the other serves absolutley no purpose. I'd feel safer living across the street from a firehouse than living across the street from this annoyance.
Oh- and the sabbath isn't the only time it has gone off. There was another holiday (I can't recall) that it went off as well.
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