Coming to a Theater Near You – The Nanny State
By Jim Willis on Dec 30, 2007 in Government & Politics | Printable Version
This choice bit of news from Saturday’s Press & Sun-Bulletin:
ALBANY– After a recent trip to the movies, a state legislator from Westchester County set her sights on reducing the volume of theaters’ commercials and previews because she believes they are too loud and could harm patrons’ hearing.
Assemblywoman Sandra Galef, D-Ossining, has introduced a bill “trying to create a standard here in our state that the trailers and advertisements are at the same levels that our movies are,” she said Friday.
Galef said that while at a recent movie at the All Westchester Saw Mill Multiplex in Hawthorne, she noticed how much louder the commercials and previews for upcoming films were than the actual film itself.
“This is not good for the eardrums, and it doesn’t need to be this loud,” she said.
Galef views the volume as a public health concern. Unlike watching television, the viewer can’t turn the volume down in a theater when a commercial is too loud, she said.
There are acceptable decibel requirements for many products, like lawnmowers, and commercials in theaters should be no different, the assemblywoman said. She had no data on the actual volume levels at theaters but was working on compiling them, she said.
There is no Senate sponsor for the bill at this time. The Legislature reconvenes Jan. 9.
Notice that lack of data does not stop the socialist left. They seem to have a genetic need to control YOUR life. Let’s hope the Senate gives this control-freak measure a pass and it dies a quick death.
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Roger Thornhill | Dec 30, 2007 | Reply
Demonstrating the fact that liberals want the government to control every aspect of your life.
My advice to Galef is the same advice that the noted Liberal Carrol O’Conner gave to his TV wife: “Stifle, Edith”.
Roger T.