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LONDON (AFP) - A female Muslim juror has been arrested in Britain after allegedly listening to an MP3 player under her hijab headscarf during a murder trial, police said Monday.
The woman in her early 20s was spotted by a fellow juror listening to music as she was meant to be helping try the case of a pensioner accused of bludgeoning his wife to death after 50 years of marriage.
She could now be charged with contempt of court and, if convicted, may be punished with an indefinite jail sentence and an unlimited fine.
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Do you play music in the surgery? My dentist in England was singing along to " Shout, shout, let it all out, you gotta yell, yell, loud and swell" as he was drilling"- I nearly choked laughing!
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He must have been a very interesting dentist. Take your mind off the drill. My dentist has the habit of explaining everything blow by blow as he goes along. He's from Canada but he is very good. I have had a few that I would rather forget.
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Originally posted by Caroline
Do you play music in the surgery?
Sometimes. We are in a steel-framed building and the radio reception comes and goes, which is annoying. I have one patient who brings in her own homemade CD to listen to as it helps her relax. We could ask all our patients to bring in music, but as most of them are teenage and younger, I'm not sure I could face trying to fix teeth along to gangsta rap or whatever!
I do a lot of treatment under sedation or hypnosis and music is a no-no in those situations - if the patient should hear the music again whilst say driving a car or riding a bike, they might go into the trance-like state again, which could be highly dangerous.
I daren't risk singing to my patients - my singing breaks mirrors and replacing all the dental mirrors would be too costly![:o)]
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That's SO interesting about the music/hypnosis!
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It's called an anchor, Caroline, and happens with the other senses too. You know how hearing a tune you haven't heard for ages can transport you back to a time when you heard that record before? Or smelling a certain perfume instantly reminds you of someone you know who wears the same one? It works the same way in hypnosis, so a piece of music used then could put the patient back into trance if they hear it again, and who can dictate what might come up on the car radio?
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Dangerous stuff in the wrong hands! My sister lead a campaign against stage hypnotism- not that I'm comparing it!
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A dentist I had once had a kaleidoscope sort of gadget on the ceiling above the patient's head.
Plenty of swirling patterns and colours to look at.
That was before we had to wear goggles.
Now I just close my eyes till it's over.
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There are rules stage hypnotists are supposed to follow, but it's still not something to undertake purely for entertainment. Hypnosis can bring all kinds of past traumas to the surface and a stage hypnotist is not trained to deal with these.... if he's trained at all!
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