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Posted at: 5/26/08 05:48 PM

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Well I've been hearing about these 'mosquito' devices for a while now, they tested them outside some shops somewhere or other.

Essentially the Idea is that they emit a very high-pitched noise which an adult cannot hear, but is a low enough frequency for a child or teenager to detect, it is incredibly annoying and so can be used to deter 'youths' from areas where they may gather to plot their evil plans or whatever.

So, I was walking my grandmothers dog, when I passed through an alley right next to her house, I'm assuming that 'hoodies' or 'louts' or whatever daily-mail induced-stereotype occasionally hang out there , when I heard this thing, It felt like a physical pains, throbbing in my skull, the dog went nuts too, and I had to run out of the alley. I guess that the council had decided to install one of the things.

Now I resent this, essentially I am being treated like a criminal because I fall into a certain category, if they created something that only annoyed say, babies, or black people, There would be uproar. I realise I'm getting dangerously close to the whinging teenager who believes all adults re against him but bear with me.

To me, this is a breach of human rights, being cruel and unusual punishment And I do not think that these devices should be aloud on publicly accessed property.

This is of course not even mentioning the lack of logical thinking in what the devices are designed to do, basically disperse people under a certain age who may cause trouble. If they are going to cause trouble, they will find somewhere to do it, you can hardly put a 'mosquito' in every single public area.

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Posted at: 5/26/08 05:50 PM

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We need a device that harms adults upon getting too close.

Our defence? Stopping pedofiles.


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You deserve it for loitering outside a building and probably causing trouble in the area. It's your fault for falling into the group your in and you brought the punishment upon yourself. It's not a breach of human rights, they started doing this kinda thing long ago.


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Posted at: 5/26/08 05:53 PM

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Yeah it's fucked up that just because you're young they assume you are up to something illegal. Welcome to a country ruled by old people. Maybe you should lose your right to vote after 65.

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Is it armored? If not use good ol' Mr. Pelletgun, not like anyone will be hanging around to witness it.

Or really piss them off and use earplugs, and loiter the hell out of the place.

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At 5/26/08 05:51 PM, agent6123 wrote: You deserve it for loitering outside a building and probably causing trouble in the area. It's your fault for falling into the group your in and you brought the punishment upon yourself. It's not a breach of human rights, they started doing this kinda thing long ago.

your a fucking moron just because maybe one group loitered or caused trouble your saying all teenagers are guilty.
your a fucking moron as i said above

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What exactly is it supposed to deter anyway? Drug deals? Teenage sex? Underage drinking? Like you said, if these punks want to go to a place to plan their misdeeds, they're gonna find one. Forget it being cruel or unusual; this idea is just stupid and not thought out.

By the way, was there a sign warning that such a device was nearby?

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At 5/26/08 05:57 PM, RecklessYouth wrote:

By the way, was there a sign warning that such a device was nearby?

Not that I could see.


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I still think you should go for my idea, or even better, does it have camera surveillance? If not screw around with it, teach little kids to throw rocks at it, dismantle it, do what ever you can to rebel.

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Problem: mosquito sound at gramma's
Solution: don't go

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That's the kind of thing that makes me want to throw a fucking molotov through a council building window.
WE. HAVE. RIGHTS.

I demand this is taken to the European Court of Human Rights.

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if we can ban lawn darts, we can ban these things.

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At 5/26/08 05:50 PM, TheRadicalOne wrote: We need a device that harms adults upon getting too close.

How about we have 10 foot sticks attached onto our belts sticking out at all angles. This way NO ONE can ever get close to us!

Thanks Murad136 for the sig.

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At 5/26/08 06:05 PM, homor wrote: if we can ban lawn darts, we can ban these things.

lawn darts... what?

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I walked past one of these a lot a couple of years ago. It went off when we were on the other side of the road and there was no warning sign that I could see. Isn't ageism illegal, too?


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At 5/26/08 06:06 PM, The-Darkphoenix wrote: I walked past one of these a lot a couple of years ago. It went off when we were on the other side of the road and there was no warning sign that I could see. Isn't ageism illegal, too?

No, just highly tolerated.

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And more to the point, 1984 was a really good book.

Installed a 'mosquito' outside my..

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At 5/26/08 06:05 PM, homor wrote: if we can ban lawn darts, we can ban these things.

oh, and babies and toddlers can hear it too.

the people who make and sell these are monsters and should be put in jail.

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I gotta get one of those things.


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At 5/26/08 06:06 PM, speakerbox75 wrote:
At 5/26/08 06:05 PM, homor wrote: if we can ban lawn darts, we can ban these things.
lawn darts... what?

everyone has aids.

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I personally think they're one of the best things to be introduced to society.

Why do you need to loiter outside people's property of businesses? There are enough parks or social clubs around.

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At 5/26/08 06:17 PM, DeathWeapon wrote: I personally think they're one of the best things to be introduced to society.

Why do you need to loiter outside people's property of businesses? There are enough parks or social clubs around.

Do you happen to be an old and decrepit man?

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At 5/26/08 05:48 PM, mranarchy wrote: Your thoughts?

The mosquito, like any alarm, is easily blocked by walls and ignorable for brief periods of time. At worst, it's going to be like hearing a car alarm going off that no one will stop. If it becomes a nuicense inside housing then it's a public order offense and you can take it to your council about reducing your quality of health.

But it's not like its anything a pair of earphones and an ipod isn't going to make more durable. You can even justify shouting at the shopkeeper because you're trying to be heard above the noise that he blissfully can't hear because his ears are dead. And you can abuse it by listening to music and getting ring tones that function at that band of music - handy for exam season.

Incidentally, I can still hear that frequency, but its fading fast.

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At 5/26/08 06:23 PM, KaynSlamdyke wrote: Incidentally, I can still hear that frequency, but its fading fast.

Mods age?

Who knew.

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At 5/26/08 06:23 PM, KaynSlamdyke wrote: stuff

Point is, its still giving you a highly unpleasurable experience, that you have no choice as to whether you can hear it or not, you wouldn't justify putting up a poster of a dead baby by having it slightly out of focus.


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I FUCKING hate htose things, they have one at my local shopping centre to stop kids loitering. It gets deep into your head and pierces your mind. EVIL :/

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Fuck yeah, I want one. I LOVE Noise.


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At 5/26/08 05:51 PM, agent6123 wrote: You deserve it for loitering outside a building and probably causing trouble in the area. It's your fault for falling into the group your in and you brought the punishment upon yourself. It's not a breach of human rights, they started doing this kinda thing long ago.

Oh, right, because we can all help being teenagers.

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I walk from school, and those things are propped up next to the school, at 4:00 they ring and at 4:30 we leave school. I've never seen so many kids leaving a area so quickly! Luckily for me, I have shitty hearing anyways so I loiter.

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If I ever saw that thing I'd tear it to shreds with my bare hands.


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