Dear Editor,
The letter titled ‘Most residents from the East Coast look forward to going to the drive-in’ (SN, September 30) was a real eye-opener. For some persons, noise nuisance is a trivial issue as implied by this letter, especially the comment that Mr Khan really ought to have included a few honeyed words of praise for the event. I never met Mr Khan but I have great sympathy for him and his neighbours, because I also suffer from noise nuisance where I live. This societal ill is far from trivial; it significantly affects health and wellbeing.
It’s great to know that the Starlite event organisers were so wonderfully considerate to obey the 10 pm regulation, but interesting to learn that they were not presumptuous in affecting other people for ten hours.
Even one hour of excessively loud music or other noise is unwarranted distress and is not to be tolerated (note the operative word, ‘excessive’).
Let people enjoy themselves as much as they like, but there is neither need nor licence to encroach on others while doing so. To put it plainly, by all means go to Starlite and to the moon if you like, but do not bother other people in carrying out your activities. This is a basic rule for a well-regulated and progressive society, which I am sorry to say Guyana is not, and won’t be if attitudes like this writer’s prevail.
Yours faithfully
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