"So, are you saying it's ok to be inconsiderate of one's neighbors, as long as they do it in a manner in which YOU find "profound"? Ok, as long as I know where you stand."
Yeah, sorta...it ain't "inconsiderate" if its "profound." It's really not "where" but WHAT I can stand - purely personal choice. The article's snotty attitude aside, I would not raise my children or raze my home on hard metal rock. As I said, ears are the portal to the mind.
The essential is to be FREE to listen to whatever music we choose. I don't want to be censored (by the ACLU, et al) for playing Bach's "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring."
Merry Christmas, from Purpleland (ref:WH Hudson's novel)
Well, purpleland, I wouldn't want to censor you, or keep you from listening to "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring", just as I would not expect anyone to censor me and not let me listen to Damageplan when the mood strikes me.
What it all boils down to is that music ias, above all else, a matter of personal taste, and that's really it in a nutshell.
I don't play my music at a volume level that my neighbors can hear it, and I expect the same in return. Just like I don't rake my leaves into a pile, and burn them, letting the smoke go into my neighbor's windows... I may be one of those purile, moronic, juvenile, childish metalheads (except when I'm listening to Navajo Flute music or some great classical pieces), but I am still a decent, considerate person, whether some people who claim the "I'm a true conservative, and you all suck" agree or not.