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Originally Posted by Wallis
I'm picking mine up today after work. I have to return some overdue library books, too, but that's not important.
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Are you kidding me? If no one returned their library books, the libraries couldn't function. Look at it this way: If a library holds 60,000 books (now I'm not sure how close that is to reality, but just as an arbitrary number) in a town of 30,000 people (a small town, by any standards), and half the town takes out 4 library books each, what happens to the other half of the town?
Granted, not everyone takes out 4 books. But even if everyone in the town takes out 2 books--if those never get returned, then everyone will be locked into those two books.
That's like socialism. It's a political gateway to communism. Libraries are here to promote democracy and the spread of education, not inhibit it.
Apathy is what's wrong with this world, and it's a sad day on earth when poor children can't even pick up a book from their local book-lenders.
Not important? For shame.