The latest dispute over a rooster deemed too noisy in Saône-et-Loire has revived an old French phenomenon that has almost become a genre in itself: lawsuits against the noises of the countryside. Roosters, frogs, church bells, cicadas, cows, or donkeys… Behind these sometimes absurd cases lies a much more serious question: are we still capable of accepting others, their habits, their way of life, and simply… the sounds of life? There was a time …
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The latest dispute over a rooster deemed too noisy in Saône-et-Loire has revived an old French phenomenon that has almost become a genre in itself: lawsuits against the noises of the countryside. Roosters, frogs, church bells, cicadas, cows, or donkeys… Behind these sometimes absurd cases lies a much more serious question: are we still capable of accepting others, their habits, their way of life, and simply… the sounds of life? There was a time …