Jackass sey di worl' no level. Jackass sey Christian feel sey when dem a mek up nize a people aiseole is a blessing, but when man an' man a chump some sweet rub a dub whe a rub people whe waan sleep de wrong way it fe habate.

Christian sessions do not get locked off very often, so when they do feel the long arm of the law it is all the more striking. Most recently it happened in Liguanea at Scotia Link, where the Jesus Party planned two Fridays ago was turned away by the police. And Jackass means 'turned away' instead of 'turned off', as the sound did not get to drop a heavenly bassline or the performers utter an evangelistic word. The party was slated to start at 7:00 p.m.; the police came at 4:00 p.m.

Earlier this year, at that church built upon a high stone, an event fell under the police's patrol on noise and, as happened with the Jesus Party, there was some concern among the Christians, although the silence of the residents of the area speaks volumes to Jackass.

There is such a thing as a silent, collective 'yes'.

For residents within the long reach of the noisy church people, Psalm 100 is a very dangerous verse in the Bible. It is the verse that begins "Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands." And, many a Christian, from a mass clapping of hands to a sound system, from wailing prayers to off-key singing, takes that 'noise' thing very, very seriously.

But they, of course, do not consider it noise. They not only think that it is their right to be as loud as they can, but also that those they disturb should be happy to receive the word of the Lord (and Jackass knows that many a Christian mixes up the word of the Lord with their own word).

And most times the police just let them be.

The world is not level at all, because as far as Jackass is concerned noise is noise. It could be the constant revving of engines at a garage, it could be a person banging on a roof or a sound system operator stringing up and testing his or her sound, noise is noise. It will not be noise to the person making it and, if it is making them money, it will certainly be very joyful. For the Christian, though, only their noise is a joyful noise.

And what makes it worse is that churches are often in (or at least certainly very close to) the heart of residential communities. They do not need to get permits in order to start making noise in the residential areas, just say "praise the Lord" in unison, over and over and over again.

Jackass was pleased, though, to hear the story of one man in Montego Bay who fought back against his noisy overjoyful neighbour, who would get up every Sunday morning and start blasting Christian music from her radio. He asked her to desist a couple times and she mumbled something about 'ungodly', so he drew a selection of his own. It was Peter Tosh's Oh B.....t.

She stopped.

Jackass sey di worl' no level. Jackass sey jayful nize to de Lard a straight nize to dem whe no eena eben an it fi lack aff, straight.