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Judge Orders Loud Hip-Hop Fan To Endure Beethoven

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Judge Orders Loud Hip-Hop Fan To Endure Beethoven
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A Judge in Illinois ordered a hip-hop fan who had violated noise levels to endure 20-hours of compositions by Beethoven.

Andrew Vactor was fined $150 after he persisted in playing his favourite hip-hop music at loud volumes through his car stereo.

But Champaign County Municipal Court Judge Susan Fornof-Lippencott promised to cut the fine to $35 if Vactor agreed to broaden his musical horizons.

The Judge said she wanted the punishment to show the defendant what it felt like to listen to music he didn't want to.

However, Vactor was only able to manage 15 minutes of Beethoven before giving in and paying the full fine.

Speaking to the Associated Press, he said: "I didn't have the time to deal with that. I just decided to pay the fine."

Judge Fornof-Lippencott has a history of unusual sentences.

In one case of financial irresponsibility, she offered defendants the chance to escape heavy fines by watching a TV documentary about fiscal prudence.
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  • HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH OWNED

    ~ by Trunk Badger 10/11/2008

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  • very clockwork orange!

    ~ by antje 10/11/2008

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  • He probably felt the alternative sentence was unjust. This shows that others feel their "Rights" dominates everyone elses. He forced others to hear music he chose. So she granted him only a $35 fine to suffer the same results and he couldnt handle it.. Typical small minded male. Typical indeed.

    ~ by obvious 10/12/2008

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    • "Small minded male?" Give me a goddamned break. What does your feebleminded misandry have to do with an idiot that jacks up the volume on his stereo?

      ~ by fargo 10/14/2008

    • "small minded male" what the hell kind of sexist remark is that? you think his sex has something to do with it?

      ~ by mike 10/15/2008

    • Okay... if I had read a post about a female committing a crime, and said something along the lines of "She shouldn't have left the kitchen, haha," you'd be the first feminazi jumping down my throat. But you can call us "small minded males" and it's perfectly fine? Way to celebrate the double standard.

      ~ by Tanner 10/15/2008

    • "Typical small minded male?" Pardon me? You want to rephrase that, maybe, not piss off about half the planet? That's one of the most sexist statements I've seen. And I understand that women have had problems with male sexism. That does not excuse that. Besides, what the hell does typical mean anyways?

      ~ by Spork 10/20/2008

  • what a fag...drop dead slapper

    ~ by worldwarwon 10/14/2008

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  • Show it a little respect. If it wasn't for classical, music as we know it might not exist.

    ~ by hip-hop-hater 10/14/2008

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  • wow what an idiot!

    ~ by hannah 10/14/2008

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  • That's hilarious. Judges like her know what real punishment is, she doesn't just go, "Okay. Pay the money and get lost", she makes them understand what they did to other people. Nice.

    ~ by Sean 10/14/2008

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  • 20 hours wasn't worth his time, really. I mean 150/20 is 7.5 and he probably makes more... nevermind, probably not.

    ~ by joe yo 10/14/2008

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  • obvious would you happen to be a feminist sexist?because that statement made you sound like one.

    ~ by typical male 10/14/2008

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  • Actually I read somewhere else that people who like loud rock and hip hop are not that different from people who like classical music. The judge may unlock a new interest and the neighbors may now be subjecting to blasted renditions of "Ode to Joy,"

    ~ by Kate 10/14/2008

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  • I've heard classical samples used effectively in hip hop. That's the thing about music... everyone is a critic. I agree with Sean, a good lesson. Perhaps he'll learn something from it.

    ~ by Cross 10/15/2008

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  • What a funky judge!

    ~ by lacour 10/15/2008

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  • I think the "small-minded male" comment is pretty pathetic, and exhibits a small-mindedness on the part of its writer. Nonetheless, this moron got what he deserved. I'm so sick of hearing some peacock's filling-rattling bass echoing across the neighborhood I can't even begin to explain it. And answer me this: whenever someone is blaring music, why does it always suck? Makes me want to drive around cranking up Beethoven's ninth symphony. Hah.

    ~ by J. 10/15/2008

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  • "Typical small minded male. Typical indeed." Anyone can be small minded. No need to bring sexism into this.

    ~ by Jo 10/15/2008

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  • rap is cRAP.

    ~ by TheNarnianLu 10/15/2008

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  • Obvious, how can you say, typical small minded male. Surely that is also an example of a "typical small minded FEMALE" who implies that only males are small minded.

    ~ by Anon 10/18/2008

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  • hahahahaa. i cant believe the guy paid $150. to not have to listen to Beethoven. i guess that person doesn't know much, or care to know about music theory.

    ~ by dp 10/19/2008

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  • You guys are a bunch of whimps, so what if he or she said small minded, because he is. I'm a male and find nothing wrong with that comment. All the guys in this thread are scared little clits..

    ~ by MoC 10/19/2008

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    • It's not that she said that it was small minded, it's that she alluded to the idea that all men are small minded.

      ~ by Spork 10/20/2008

  • Just shows that hip hop is for people with no musical talent and those with no ability to even understand music. That's why it's called Rap-Crap. If this jerk had been playing that stupid stuff by me, he would have had his stereo up his ass.

    ~ by Slrman 11/11/2008

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  • first of all rap is not crap, maybe this new soulja boy crap that people consider rap (which its really not) but not the old stuff like nas and rakim. but i must say that's pretty ridiculous that he really cant listen to beethoven for more than 15 minutes. p.s. im from champaign

    ~ by 123456789 11/12/2008

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  • Typical niggadie

    ~ by Pewp 11/22/2008

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  • Rap/Hip-hop sucks anyways. So does Beethoven, but still. (In my opinion, you do not have to agree with me, its just how I feel, I know that Classical was the dawn of music, and that, in my very own opinion, is the only good thing about it.)

    ~ by I-hate-black-music-not-people 12/10/2008

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  • Wouldn't it have been easier just ti kill this self-centered SOB? For sure, I would have destroyed his stereo if not his entire car.

    ~ by Hosheen 9/4/2009

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