Man Sentenced to Listen to Polka

[Amused]

Man Sentenced to Listen to Polka

CAMBRIDGE, Ohio (AP) - A man was sentenced to listen to four hours of polka king Frankie Yankovic's greatest hits for driving through the city with his windows rolled down and his truck's stereo blaring.

Municipal Judge John Nicholson found Alan Law guilty of disorderly conduct and ordered him to pay a $100 fine or listen to polka tunes.

Law chose to face the music.

Nicholson picked Yankovic's music because he thought the 19-year-old Law would not be a fan of the Cleveland polka legend, who died in 1998.

``Most of the time I try to impart the Golden Rule to people: Do unto others as you would have others do unto you. You may enjoy listening to your music, but many people do not want to hear your music,'' Nicholson said.

Law listened to the full four hours of Yankovic's hits, which include ``Blue Skirt Waltz,'' ``Who Stole the Kishka'' and ``Too Fat Polka,'' in a police station interview room Thursday.

 

[viewton]

that poor bastage!

actually, that's a light sentence imo...now if it was John Tesh instead... :Q

 

[bacillus]

lol, I would have paid the $100 fine!

 

[TallBill]

haha, i woulda paid the 100 as well

 

[ProviaFan]

<< actually, that's a light sentence imo...now if it was John Tesh instead... :Q >>

I would have gladly listened to the polkas, but if it were John Tesh, I would have definitely paid the $100!

 

[Optimus]

Thats inhumane! Where's the ACLU????

 

[gopunk]

polka and john tesh are both light. how about a one minute circus music clip looped 240 times?

 

[SWScorch]

I like polka.... I agree that circus music would have been torture. or "Its a small world"

 

[Ladies Man]

<< You may enjoy listening to your music, but many people do not want to hear your music >>



i don't want to hear 90% of the crap people say or listen to, but last i checked there was nothing i could do about it. i dunno something about free speech?

I wish i could make someone listen to what i like every time i heard something i didn't

 

[FelixDeCat]

Poor guy. Polka is suck!

 

[BoberFett]

<< i don't want to hear 90% of the crap people say or listen to, but last i checked there was nothing i could do about it. i dunno something about free speech? >>

He probably broke public nuisance laws. If you want to write or speak your opinion, go ahead. But if you paint it on the side of a building you don't own, it's vandalism and not protected by free speech.

 

[ProviaFan]

<< i don't want to hear 90% of the crap people say or listen to, but last i checked there was nothing i could do about it. i dunno something about free speech? >>

Well, everybody has a right to listen to whatever they want, but many cities have a (very reasonable, imho) noise level ordinance (or whatever you call it) that says that you must keep your music down to a reasonable volume.

<< I wish i could make someone listen to what i like every time i heard something i didn't >>

Heh, my dad would really appreciate it if I played Blink 182 on the stereo after he listened to his old western songs.

 

[Freejack2]

And as he was leaving the station he was quoted as saying "I love polka songs. I'm gonna go get me some Frankie Yankovic and blast it from my truck radio so everyone can hear it."

J/K