It's a little less funny to me because I've previously read this, which is NOT satire:
http://rebirthofreason.com/Articles/Landauer/The_Scourge_of_Public_Libraries.shtml Really, it's not. It's totally serious. The short version is that because libraries are inherently destroyers of value because a) they're publicly funded [all publicly funded activity is value-destruction in this worldview], and b) they steal revenues from publishers. The familiar bugaboos of lazy/incompetent public workers, taxation at gunpoint, and the "socialistic gravy train" (to name but a few) also rear their trite and ugly heads. On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 7:58 AM, Pat Rapp <[email protected]> wrote: > Haha! Too funny! Can’t wait to share this one at work. > > : ) > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *Alicia Henn > *Sent:* Tuesday, January 19, 2010 7:21 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* evil "libraries" > > > > This was is fun blogpost that's making the rounds. > > > > > http://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/2010/01/offline-book-lending-costs-us.html > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<r-spec%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en.
