FFS - don't our kids have ENOUGH trouble sleeping

[tinkerbellhadpiles]

news.independent.co.uk/environment/article2347519.ece (I can't do links).....let me do a bit paste instead....
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In the first development of its kind anywhere in the world, Southampton plans to beam 15-mile-long lasers from its clock tower every night for five years in an attempted to "rebrand" the city and "nourish" its "physical appearance". Its example is expected to be followed by other cities.
-------------I'm not a resident of Southampton. I am lucky enough to have moved to the country and now realise how great it is to be able to (not) see the night - here you see stars and the moon and not a lot else, no streetlights, no light pollution.
I used to live in London, and so I know how horrible it can be to never see the real darkness. Besides the impact on the environment this will totally bugger up the local kids chances of getting to sleep and when they all get ASBOs someone will say 'it's the schools/parents/societies fault', rather than 'well perhaps if we weren't shining a ficking light at then 24/7 they'd be able to get some kip and be less grumpy.
AND they are spending £250K on this - when their health service AND schools are in deficit!
GRRRRRR!!!!
I've emailed their 'customer relations' folks to tell them what I think of their idea. If you agree, please do the same.

I'm confused... why are they doing this?

to be 'innovative'

christ it really makes you wonder who is running the asylum

And simultaneously attempting to reduce their carbon footpring, how exactly???

lol, reminds me of this chap who reckoned that he was going to redesign Barnsley by turning it into a 'Tuscan village', part of the plan was to have a great big halo of light beemed up into to the sky at night. wtf.

idiots! what are they thinking?

beam

Ho ho, I just got a response from their complaints officer. The basic summary is: yes, lots of people complained. But we are still doing it. They made this decision in February, before the story broke. Surprise, surprise.

Madness!

They claim that this will 'Nourish' it's physical appearance. In the same way perhaps that deep frying a Mars Bar and declaring it 'official food of Southampton' would be nourishing?

Mind you if we keep hacking off other nations at least they'll be able to find somewhere easily to drop bombs on.

Of course if you wanted to tell them what you thought.... complaints AT southampton.gov.uk (using @ rather than AT obviously).