Letter to the editor: No more quiet

Lawrence Journal-World opinion section

To the editor:

The old library used to be a quiet place to read or use the computers. Things changed quite a bit after we moved to the Borders building; but it was a smaller building with everyone closer, and cellphones and babies crying raised the noise level.

But we survived it, and finally the new library opened.

Apparently a lot of people grew accustomed to the noise because the new library is a lot noisier. And the new rule seems to be noise is welcome and peace and quiet are hindering freedom of speech. When someone hollers at the computer game blaring through his headphones, it is hard to tell who he is calling a coward in a loud, aggressive voice. Other patrons shouldn’t have to decide whether to take it personally or not. It should never have reached that point.