Barry Manilow: Punishment of the Future

It’s always a flattering gesture to a singer like Barry Manilow when a courtroom judge uses your music as punishment.

A U.S. judge has hailed as a success a new form of punishment for people who go to court for being too noisy — an hour of listening to Barry Manilow or the theme tune from the children’s TV show “Barney and Friends.”

Judge Paul Sacco said he decided to try something new after noticing that violators brought before his Colorado court for playing their stereos too loudly, or disturbing neighbors with band rehearsals, kept doing it again.

He said his methods had cut the number of repeat offenders appearing in his court.

That just got me thinking.  If that’s what you call torture, then what the hell did I ever do wrong to an elevator or my dentist?  The more interesting part is when Manilow himself going to go money hungry and sue this man’s pants off?