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I come out against some kinds of music

Regular readers of my blog (well there may be some) will know that I am keen on music.  I was shocked though to read on the Guardian's science blog about the military use of music.   Some of the soldiers interviewed for a study said that music could make them do inhuman things.  I have also read about soldiers using violent computer games.

Update, 23 October 2009:  see today's blog entry from the Amnesty press team about music used as an ingredient of torture.

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