This Week in Canada: Mildly Interesting News from a Mildly Interesting Nation

From The Globe and Mail:
The death of a pedestrian on Tuesday has raised the question of how loud is too loud when it comes to listening to iPods and other personal music players.
Isaiah Otieno, a 23-year-old student, was killed when he was struck and dragged by a helicopter that crashed to the ground as he was walking to the mailbox.

Concern over safe use of headphones is growing.

My Response:

WHAT THE FUCK?! I seriously want to just punch Canada in the face right now. A helicopter falls out of the sky and hits a pedestrian and we’re not reading about reformations to Canadian safety regulations but rather the maximum safe volume for iPods?

Mr. Otieno didn’t hear the helicopter plummeting towards him, but that says more about him than the volume of his music. I’m able to crank my iPod to the max volume and still make out common sounds around me.

Maybe I’m a mutant.

I was in a car crash a few weeks ago while listening to the radio. Should I be suing the radio station? The DJ? The prostitute giving me road head?