The Call of a Mockingbird

One of those idiotic and intrusive car alarms went off a while ago, you know the type that breaks into a series of signals that must have been originally based on the call of the mockingbird.

I photographed this mockingbird earlier this morning from my back garden. It is a lovely creature with a wondrous range of songs -- much more impressive than the stupid, mechanical version emitted by parked cars in our big cities so regularly that they amount to nothing more than noise pollution.

Paranoid Americans worried about protecting their possessions care nothing for the quality of life of those around them. Anyone sensible disables these stupid devices. In Taipei, BTW, people get so angry at car-owners with car alarms that they attack them (and their vehicles.)

Now, I understand that auto theft is still a problem in some areas and that when it occurs it is an invasive crime. But most new model cars have automatic shut-off systems that make it essentially impossible to steal a car.

Thus, why should we be forced to endure all of that noise pollution any longer? These devices need to be banned.


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