Basic income plan clearly rejected by Swiss voters

Re:Basic income plan clearly rejected by Swiss voters by jamesrcole on Sunday June 05, 2016 @09:23AM (#11840811)

* > I'm very sensitive to noise, but neither church bells here nor the muezzin calling for prayer five times a day in my vacations in islamic countries have ever bothered me.*

Then I don't think you can characterise yourself as "very sensitive to noise". Perhaps very sensitive to certain kinds of noise, but not noise in general?

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Re:Basic income plan clearly rejected by Swiss voters by elcapitan on Sunday June 05, 2016 @09:32AM (#11840849)

I think that's obviously implied. If there was a general sensitivity to every kind of noise anywhere, you wouldn't be able to live. If I said "I have a food allergy", you wouldn't assume I don't eat because I'm allergic to food in general, or would you?

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Re:Basic income plan clearly rejected by Swiss voters by jamesrcole on Sunday June 05, 2016 @04:05PM (#11842843)

So what did you mean by saying "I'm very sensitive to noise [but not noises of type X and Y]"? How does that not imply a general issue with obtrusive noises?

I've heard of plenty of people who don't have particular sensitivities to noise but find those two types of noise obtrusive.

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