Big corporations suck, and putting their names on public buildings sucks even bigger. Screw the corporations and their domination of our lives. Better higher taxes than their creeping takeover of our libraries.
Look at what has happened to "public" television! Corporate all the way, almost totally trashed and censored by the interests of rich exploiting corporations and families. Damn the rich, damn their "charity" that means domination, damn their owning of everything including our souls. I flip them the Big Bird! -David Shove Roseville On Wed, 17 Aug 2005, mike skoglund wrote: > > I have absolutely no problem with selling naming rights. It happens all > the time with university buildings -- including libraries -- and I never > felt repulsed (for example) by borrowing books from the DeWitt Wallace > Library at Macalester or studying in any of the sundry named reading rooms > at the U of M. If these donations can improve the libraries, and if there > are no accompanying restrictions on library collections, it seems like a > reasonable way of responding to tough financial times. > > Mike Skoglund // Bancroft > > On Wed, August 17, 2005 4:46 pm, wmmarks said: > > Much worse than the naming rights, which were repulsive on the face of > > it.... > [...] > > David Strand wrote: > > > >>I thought that the most controversial and distressing > >>idea to be presented at last nights forum was when > >>Alan Hooker expressed much enthusiasm for the idea of > >>selling naming rights to various libraries and > >>subsections to raise funds. > [...] > > > REMINDERS: > 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. > If you think a member is in violation, contact the list manager at [EMAIL > PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. > > 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. > > For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html > For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract > ________________________________ > > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn > E-Democracy > Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] > Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls > REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
