Use of Music as Torture
posted by Mr. Carlisle at 1:12 PM
Monday, June 11, 2012
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- Name: Mr. Carlisle
- Location: Portland, Oregon, United States
I'm a native South Carolinian and I attained my undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of South Carolina. I taught fourth grade for two years in the Mississippi Delta and two years at an alternative high school in Western North Carolina. I have been at Tigard High School since the fall of 2003, where I teach U.S. History and Psychology.
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13 Comments:
I would have never have guessed the government would use music for torture. You can't make this stuff up.
4:00 PM
mhh.. i always wondered why you play music before class..
5:49 PM
This is crazy.... US is a democracy, huh? America stands for liberty and justice for all, huh? Oh? Liberty and justice for all US CITIZENS. I see. Makes perfect sense. It's okay to torture POWs with this sort of thing, but it's not okay when other countries do it. That makes perfect sense. Good job, US government.
7:39 PM
That's really interesting. I guess I like Thomas I've never thought of music bein used as psychological torture. I also think it's interesting that the army blasts music from their tanks and stuff for the same reason.
7:52 PM
It's certainly a unique way of making people talk. It's so interesting because I can see how someone would go crazy listening to the same music for hours and hours. I would personally go crazy.
I think the implications of this are a lot more scarier. Music is a source of entertainment, so wouldn't it be reasonably possible to use other sources of entertainment for torture? Like television?
8:54 PM
Thanks for showing us this in class and posting it, it's really interesting. I like how Christopher wanted to experience music torture and how he explained how after only a few minutes he was unable to think rationally and thought like a prisoner would have. I don't think I would have thought of noise and music as torture before this because it just wouldn't have occurred to me as something they do to torture people.
8:57 PM
So then is the average parent who is subjected to their child watching seasame street everyday considered a torture victim? I think I found a cause I truly care for- thank you Carlisle for inspiring me for a purpose in life!
9:08 PM
Time to freak out some people by playing the sesame street song.
It will now drive me crazy as it still wanders in my head.....
9:13 PM
I'd be willing to subject myself to solitary in a shipping container with nothing but that awful Johnny Cash/Metal Music mash-up. I think it would be interesting to see how long it would take before you break. Music is one of the more ingenious ways to torture people that I have seen. The concept behind it is crazy
9:46 PM
It's really interesting to see the psychological affects music can have. I would like to see a study on the affects of specific genres, it'd be interesting for sure.
9:40 AM
I would have gone nuts if music was played during test finials. But in war zone I have heard story's about helicopters and such playing music, it not only confuses the enemy but can lift soldiers spirits. I believe there is a difference in what one can do in a combat zone vs a prison though.
3:36 PM
maria pena 3
very interesting!
7:05 PM
I never thought that music can be used as torture! that is crazy, but a smart idea. the way they used the wandering soul music to try to win the war is insane!
12:16 AM
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