From: Emlyn O'regan (oregan.emlyn@healthsolve.com.au)
Date: Tue Aug 20 2002 - 18:33:40 MDT
I can't support that proposal; musicians are out of a job in the world that
you are proposing (the bureaucrats just crank a handle and out it comes).
Emlyn
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Wiik [mailto:mwiik@messagenet.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, 20 August 2002 18:22
> To: extropians
> Subject: Is this a troll or just out-of-the-box thinking?
>
>
> Security thru audio track manipulation
>
> I'm thinking, one way we can improve homeland security is by adjusting
> the populace to accept an increased level of law enforcement
> as normal.
> And what better way to do this than thru television?
>
> This can be accomplished fairly inexpensively by simply adding audio
> elements in existing television shows. I'm thinking, mostly police
> sirens, barked orders, and short bursts of machine gun fire. Typical
> sounds we should all get used to. No explosions though (the terrorists
> are always caught before they commit their cowardly acts). These
> elements could be inserted into almost any scene which wasn't
> dependent
> on such sounds for dramatic effect. They'd all in the
> background, close
> enough to hear, but not so close as to sound immediately dangerous.
>
> And since such sounds weren't in the original scripts, the actors
> wouldn't have any reactions to them. In other words, they are orderly,
> not prone to panic. They would be role models of exemplary
> behavoir in a
> dangerous time. They'd know that if this was a real
> emergency, the radio
> or television would tell them what to do, where to go, and
> who to report
> to. They'd know this because broadcasters in their area, in voluntary
> cooperation with the FCC and other authorities, have developed this
> system to keep them informed in the event of an emergency.
>
> Think of like a scene from 'Father Knows Best' where Dad
> comes home and
> Mom and Bud and Betty all gather round to greet him. Their brief
> celebration of Dad's homecoming isn't in the least disturbed by the
> sounds of sirens, barked orders and short bursts of weapons fire from
> somewhere outside. It doesn't faze them at all. They know in
> their heart
> that 'Government Knows Best'. This wouldn't work for
> 'Gilligan's Island'
> though.
>
> This might sound silly, but I think it could help, especially
> over time.
> The War on Terrorism is scheduled for a multi-decade run anyway.
> Eventually we'd come to accept such sounds as comforting, a
> reminder the
> government is constantly looking out for us. Children would
> be lulled to
> sleep by the faint, soothing sounds of distant machine gun fire going
> ratatatatat in the night.
>
> But personally I don't watch much television, other than certain
> gorgeous CNN anchorwomen.
>
> -Mike
>
> PS. Another similar idea would be church-sponsored 'All clear'
> loudspeaker trucks. While I'm sure there's laws against
> spreading false
> emergency bulletins, I'm not sure there's any laws against spreading
> order and calmness. This 'faith-based security' solution has the
> aforementioned trucks rolling thru neighborhoods continually intoning
> 'ALL CLEAR. DO NOT PANIC. EVERYTHING IS IN ORDER. GO ABOUT YOUR
> BUSINESS. GOD BE WITH YOU.'
> --
>
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