Crime is an ugly business. But the one part of it that makes me totally disgusted is its utter disregard for our fellow human beings. It’s a self-serving, senseless way to live, and I’m not just talking about the major crimes that make us lose faith in humanity. I’m talking about ALL crimes, even the small ones like this freak of humanity…

TOKYO (Reuters) - A woman who made herself a minor celebrity in Japan by constantly screaming insults at passers-by and blaring out music while beating bedding on her balcony, was sentenced to a year in jail Friday for causing physical harm.

Miyoko Kawahara, 59, kept up the assault on her neighbors’ eardrums daily over a period of two and a half years, forcing at least one nearby resident to seek treatment for insomnia and headaches.

A court in the western Japanese city of Nara sentenced the woman who became known nationally as “Mrs Noisy” to a year in prison, saying she had shown no repentance for her actions, domestic media said.

See, why go to all that trouble to make so much noise and make the people around you so uncomfortable, even after they probably never laid a finger on her evil little head? I’ll bet she was even playing “Ace of Base.” If that’s bad in English, imagine what it’s like in Japanese.

Every morning she would get up at the crack of dawn and play really loud music while dusting her bedding on her apartment balcony and screaming at the people around her. Sounds like someone just needed a hug.

So why a year in prison such loud behavior? Her loud behavior caused her neighbors to suffer from severe migraines and insomnia. She’s lucky that’s all she got. In Singapore, whistling on a Sunday will earn you six months on a chain gang.