Hello,
I could not believe this story but it is indeed true. A woman was actually arrested and taken to jail for failing to return a library book. I am NOT kidding. "AUGUST 21--The next time you forget to return a couple of library books (and ignore those annoying letters about the overdue status of said volumes), think of Heidi Dalibor. The Wisconsin woman, 20, was arrested earlier this month in connection with a pair of books overdue for several months. Dalibor, who made the mistake of ignoring a court citation issued after she failed to respond to letters and phone calls from the Grafton library, was busted August 6 for failing to return copies of Janet Fitch's best-seller "White Oleander" (a 1999 Oprah Book Club selection) and "Angels & Demons," author Dan Brown's precursor to "The Da Vinci Code." According to a police report, Dalibor was apprehended at her family's home, cuffed and stuffed in a cruiser, and booked for violating the "overdue library materials" ordinance." http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0821081books1.html We must never forget that EVERY action taken by Government is backed up by the threat of violence for noncompliance. This is in stark contrast to private business which works to settle disputes peacefully. As I mentioned in the title the REAL criminals in Government go unnoticed..... "The first American war resister deported from Canada - where he had fled after refusing to be deployed to Iraq - was sentenced to 15 months in jail yesterday at a court martial hearing in Colorado. Pte. Robin Long, 25, of Boise, Idaho, was also given a dishonourable discharge after pleading guilty to charges of desertion. The sentence was the longest any convicted army deserter had received since the beginning of the 2003 Iraq war, said retired U.S. Army Col. Ann Wright, a former diplomat who resigned from her post out of protest at the war's outset." http://www.thestar.com/article/484115 Quitting your job and refusing to kill for your Masters is an unforgivable crime worthy of at least jail time, so sayeth our Masters. Gag.... The REAL criminals are those in power who sent these people to jail. Vic [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
