Using Music as a Weapon
Music is one of the greatest gifts the universe has bestowed on humanity...it provides so much joy and comfort and inspiration and enjoyment and motivation... It\u2019s used in ritual and worship...and it allows us to communicate when words fail us...\n\nEvery culture we\u2019ve ever known has had music...an existence without music?...inconceivable...\n\nBut like everything in this life, even the best things can be perverted and corrupted for malevolent purposes...and that includes music...\n\nIt can be something as simple as your brother or sister annoying you by playing their awful music at high volume...or music can be employed as a weapon, a tool of war, an instrument of torture, a form of intimidation, and a way of inflicting pain and distress...\n\nAnd to be fair, it can also be used as gentle non-lethal retaliation against some kind of incursion or attack...no bullets may be fired, but a point will be made...\n\nThis use of music in these ways is almost as old as music itself...and this history isn\u2019t pretty...welcome to the story of using music as a weapon...warning: this could get loud...\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices