flygulfair,
The BBC/church bells are idiotic comparisons to the call to prayer. You can turn the BBC off, and they don't play carols non-stop for a month every nine or ten months, and then all day, every day the rest of the year. And as pointed out, they don't ring the church bells at 4am for an hour.
You go on a rant about respect, but that is exactly all someone trying to get some sleep is asking for. I hate it when people wrap themself in the "religion" blanket, it's almost as bad as the "race card". No one is trying to curtail the blessed religion, just be allowed to have one of the more basic human needs - so they must be a bigot! Typical...expecting respect and courtesy, but never willing to extend any. Hence I subscribe to a more guerrilla approach, a little AC/DC "Highway to Hell" on some very powerful speakers. Worked well so far and surprisingly satisfying!
