Editor,
When “Techno Guy” was banned from playing music on his boom box, I became a little sad. Every day, I would eat lunch outside on the northern end of the SUB to hear Techno Guy play his tunes. Since he was banned from doing so, the college atmosphere has been tainted by this professor who thinks he can speak on behalf of the whole student body by telling Techno Guy to turn it down. However, what really frustrated me are those who support this professor and go as far to insult and criticize Techno Guy and his music in a ridiculous manner.™So far I’ve been reading comments in the Daily Lobo complaining that Techno Guy’s music disturbs them, they do not like it and that it’s “unhealthy.” (Yes, some people actually wrote that.) Yet they have no problem with Mr. Gospel shouting verses from the Bible right next to Popejoy Hall or the other bands who play their lame excuse for music on the south side of the SUB. No one from the UNM faculty seems to mind displaying giant pictures of aborted babies or guys skateboarding in Smith Plaza. Why does Techno Guy get the boot? Why is he distracting?™To those who say that listening to Techno Guy’s tunes is noise pollution, and therefore unhealthy: Give me a break. You’re unreal. That music is nothing compared to cars, airplanes and people’s voices. Should we ban those as well? How about these designated smoking areas? Secondhand smoke is very unhealthy, yet the smokers do not give a crap about us and smoke anyway.™People who complain they can hear Techno Guy’s tunes from their classrooms are obviously exaggerating since I could barely hear the music from the west side of Smith Plaza. Those who whine that when they are trying to study where the music is being played disturbs them, here’s some advice: Move somewhere else. No one is tying you to a post and forcing you to listen. If you don’t like the music, then plug into your own iPod and shut up. There are many places you could be studying, reading or listening to your own music. You could do those tasks at the duck pond, the library, Dane Smith Hall, Smith Plaza and inside the SUB.™I don’t like reading my book where Mr. Gospel is. I don’t like studying in the SUB because everyone is talking too loud. I don’t want my appetite ruined because of graphic pictures of aborted babies. I do not like sitting in Smith Plaza where all the skateboarders rampage all over the place, but I don’t whine, like a dog, telling people to shut up or do something else. I go somewhere those distractions are not present, because everyone has a right to do something as long as they are not infringing on the rights of other people. What that professor and his supporters did was a fascist move. Until we ban Mr. Gospel, the annoying bands, skateboarders and displays of giant graphic photos, Techno Guy should be left alone.
Abe Assed
UNM student
