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Vienna to Fight Junkies With Opera

Vienna's famous as one of the opera capitals of the world, right? Recently it seems like nobody likes it. After Paris Hilton fiddled with her cell phone and yawned her way through the recent Vienna Opera Ball, opera's about to get another bashing when it's used at the Karlsplatz subway station to get rid of junkies and drunks.

After numerous attempts by police to crack down on loiterers in the underground area, the local council has one last idea:

We will be playing classical music, and broadcasting opera on specially installed TV screens. These sort of people are not known for their love of opera and classical music, and we believe they will not hang around. Those that do might find that civilised music encourages civilized behaviour.

It didn't work for Paris, but maybe it'll be easier to get civilized behavior out of Viennese junkies.

[Photo: jaime.silva]

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· Paris Looks Bored at Vienna Opera [Times Herald Record]
· Opera to Drive Out Junkies [Ananova]