After all, this is the Live free or Die state. Her attitude and comments from others along similar lines indicate that the noise pollution has deeper roots than simply the desire for music with a beat. High volume that disturbs others bespeaks a kind of intolerance and inconsiderateness, and may be a symptom of our times. I am confounded by a value system and a Legislature that values so highly the right of the individual that the greater good is ignored. One wonders why the town of Milford, as most other New Hampshire towns, allows by law this kind of infringement on the rights of others to have peace and quiet.
Freedom is a responsibility as well as a right.
My neighbor's right to make noise should end at my ear. There must be some clear balance between my right to quiet and my neighbor's right to beat his drums. May all towns review their noise laws and take similar steps. He was a champion of the poor, the children, the elderly and of all the people who didn't think that they had a voice in the marbled State House halls. As the Democratic House liaison to the Senate, I attend most Senate caucuses before their, and our, sessions.