Classical Music... a Punishment?

What this article says is that music can be used on a negative way. People don't really like the sound of classical, and it therefore drives them away. For example, a 7-eleven blasted Mozart in it's parking lot to get rid of unwanted loiterers. Also, a school in England actually used classical music as a punishment. When students misbehaved, they were forced to sit and listen to the music for an hour. And behavior increased 50%. If listening to classical music was a punishment, I wouldn't mind at all. I like classical music. For the most part, I disagreed with the article, until a few good points toward the end. It has a lot to do with presentation. If the music is screechy because of the poor speakers, a bad recording, or something of the like, it isn't going to be as enjoyable as listening to it surround sound or even better, live. If you pass through a terminal and hear music for a short amount of time, you don't really notice it. But, if you were to be staying in that terminal for a while, that music becomes more apparent.
For the most part, Anne Midgette is supporting the theory that classical music is used to filter out people from public spaces, and is used in a negative way. She starts the article out with a personal story that has made her realize this. After giving several informing pieces of evidence, she makes her argument clear. I don't think she wrote this for the argument, really. I think she wrote it for the sake of informing others.

Article: "Blasting Mozart to drive criminals away" by Anne Midgette