"J. Clarke" wrote in message
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On 8/7/2010 4:12 PM, JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
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JoeSpareBedroom wrote:

I have a theory that the internet is behind the pathetic trend toward
helplessness. I wonder how many youngsters consider going to the
library for a book to help them with a project they've never
attempted. Does anyone even notice that there are shelves full of
books as you walk into Home Depot or Lowe's?


BOOKS? In a LIBRARY? How quaint.

Mine has hand puppets, games, wall art, toys, videos, and a few other
odds
and ends.

They do have a spinner rack containing historical romances ("bodice
rippers") with a sign: "Leave two, take two".

Libraries have abrogated their classical role as repositories of
information. Most should be burnt to the ground and the ashes scattered.
Not to worry, you won't be burning books!

To be even more topical, there are libraries in Berkeley that loans
tools
(power saws, pressure washers, ladders, post hole diggers, etc.). Buncha
goddamn communists, you ask me.



If that's how things are where you live, it's because of YOU.

Uh, how is what the libraries contain "because of HIM"?

In most towns the library has limited shelf space and tosses anything that
doesn't move regularly. Are you saying that he should go regularly check
out carpentry books that cover material that he has long since mastered
just so the library will keep them?


What he described is a dysfunctional library. An extreme. Libraries like
that are reflections of their patrons' indifference.

That's quite different from what you said, which is a moderate and correct
view.