Editor,
I think we would be a lot better off if more people croaked, and instead of blaming the media or moral values, we just let it be that it is natural for unintelligent people do unintelligent things and get themselves killed or aversely affect their lives in other ways.
I believe that people blame the media or the music industry in lieu of taking responsibility for themselves.
The call for the ban of the song "Because I Got High" by Jeremy Reynalds is another example of Americans ducking their responsibilities.
I spent two years at UNM and flunked out of most of my classes because I spent most of my time in my fraternity drinking instead of studying. I can't say that music is responsible because the responsibility is mine. So, I joined the Army, came back, got a job and now I pay my way through school.
The point here is that you either learn or you don't.
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Hopefully, someday Americans will let Darwinism run its course and we will repeal the drug laws along with seatbelt laws and helmet laws and let some good old-fashioned morons jump out of the gene pool.
Let's stop protecting people from themselves and let's see who the strong swimmers are.
If parents are not teaching their children that pot is not good for you, and that the majority of musicians produce music only to make money, then they too are stupid and deserve to raise stupid kids.
If adults choose to smoke pot, then great. It's not bad to have a few hardcore potheads running around. Someone has to run the Circle K at three in the morning to sell me crappy coffee after work.
We cannot begin to erode our constitutional right to free speech because we lack faith in the intelligence of people.
On another note, I find it appalling that you refused money from a homosexual group. Who cares if a bunch of drag queens put on a fashion show to support homelessness? I would have paid to see that. Money from any group is still money.
In putting your moral views above your supposed mission to help people, you are sending the message that charity takes a back seat to your personal agenda.
However, since you run Joy Junction, you get to decide what direction your organization takes. It is just too bad that the people you help do not have a say.
I'm glad that the radio station tossed you off the air. I only hope that the public will follow suit and donate their money elsewhere. Donate your money to a charity that does not discriminate on who it helps, or who it receives help from. It will undoubtably do more good. Oh, and buy a CD from Afroman. And when you realize that the lyrics are simple, and the beats aren't good, donate it to Joy Junction, care of Jeremy Reynalds.
Matt Hooge,
Daily Lobo reader
