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  • From: rayzentz AT aim.com
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Old books
  • Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:47:29 -0400


I library does not force me to read, or tell me what it is I have to read, or
hunt me down if I don't read.?



Providing an opportunity for it's populace to learn and grow could be
ostensibly construed to be a function of ANY government, not only a socialist
one.?? And, most libraries are local, providing mor local input, and control..

Ray


-----Original Message-----
From: Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>
To: Homestead <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 3:32 pm
Subject: Re: [Homestead] Old books





Something about this books thread has been nagging at me and I finally
got it.

A substantial percentage of us on this homesteading list treasure
books and have large, personal libraries. Some of us even think of our
book walls as insulation. I did a quick calculation and figured that,
even with small rooms and an average-over-the-years of ten bucks per
book, such a wall could easily represent ten thousand dollars.

Now then. Consider all those people who love to read but can't afford
even a portion of that expenditure for books.

Then consider that public libraries fill that need.

Then consider that public libraries, Andrew Carnegie notwithstanding,
are examples of socialism, a condition much decried here.
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