I think this is the most interesting phrase from Eric's article about libraries: "They represent houses of death and should be spat upon and cursed..."
Man, I'm gonna go burn my local library. -- Jonathan Sherwood Sr. Science & Technology Press Officer University of Rochester 585-273-4726 On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 8:36 AM, Dana Paxson <[email protected]> wrote: > I was about to make a similar observation when Eric's post appeared. Many > people in this benighted nation of ours believe fervently in NO public > funding for anything except the few things they want for themselves. The > health insurance fiasco-in-the-making is partly a consequence of their > entrenched and inveterate opposition to sharing anything with anybody. > Libraries are on their hit lists too. > > Whatever happened to the idea of mutual benefit derived from a social > contract of sharing some of the burdens of life, gaining economies of scale, > and so on? Why do so many people seem to have their gaze fixed solely on > their own hemorrhoids? > > Arrgh. > > > > On 1/20/2010 8:14 AM, Eric Scoles wrote: > > 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. > > > -- > 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.
