Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder.usenetexpress.com!tr2.iad1.usenetexpress.com!69.80.99.27.MISMATCH!local-2.nntp.ord.giganews.com!news.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2024 06:07:58 +0000 From: BTR1701 Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: [OT] Chechnya bans music that is too fast or too slow References: <20240414200533.0000712b@example.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=fixed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Usenapp/0.92.2/l for MacOS Message-ID: Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2024 06:07:58 +0000 Lines: 14 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-a7n6KP7AKtqUiobgv/LAesKlj/c3qY9PBqLIGHQbA/r9KCs3AtfXucDyKopnBMGHjqVDhD9ODNU/GAq!/uNUW81XiNr4AqbZ7DFOOIXcCz2nHwk78zED1WM3e9Af4MhmIfCMkkkwaOL4sa6ntN8Sd6T5mUEI X-Complaints-To: abuse@giganews.com X-DMCA-Notifications: http://www.giganews.com/info/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 X-Original-Lines: 12 Bytes: 1946 On Apr 14, 2024 at 5:05:33 PM PDT, "Rhino" wrote: > In one of the weirder cultural laws I've ever heard of, the government > of Chechnya (which is a region of Russia, not a separate country) has > legislated that the tempo of all music played in the country must be in > the range of 80 to 116 beats per minute. > > Adam Neely points out why this is decidedly "problematic": > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q811R6YsM0s [10 minutes] Do they mean played in public or even music you listen to in your own home? Even if you're wearing headphones and no one else can hear it?