Berlin children win right to be noisy

[ccharles000]

Children in the German capital Berlin are to be exempt from strict laws on noise pollution.

An amendment to the city's law now makes it "fundamentally and socially tolerable" for members of the younger generation to make a racket.

Berlin has become the first of Germany's 16 federal states to adopt such legislation.

But all Berliners - children included - must continue to respect the official quiet time at night and all day Sunday.

Until now, only church bells, emergency sirens, snow ploughs and tractors have fallen outside the stringent rules on excessive noise in Germany.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8520941.stm

[Roon]

1. I am not around children much

But when I go to mcdonalds and sit by the playland or walk past the school,there is all kinds of screaming and hollering going on!

Were we this loud? lol

[SoCalDem]

2. I think WE were LOUDER

but we were a more tolerant society back then.. people expected kids to be noisy... It was considered normal for kids to be rambunctious & loud when they played:)

[Chulanowa]

3. All day sunday?

Why, is God trying to watch his favorite show? What's up there, Berlin?

[ccharles000]

4. lol

[SoCalDem]

5. It's funny.. I have never thought of the germans as being very religious

I guess they are..well the ones who make the rules, anyway:)

[Dappleganger]

6. Broad-based judgment inside:

Older Germans tend to be grumpy. Got that firsthand from my German neighbor (she's like an Oma to our kids, though).

Complaining about schools and preschools, geez!