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pennywhistleIgnorance and privelege should hurt. Painfully. (Yes, I know I'm priveleged).
Some comments from the library poll:
"perhaps we forgot that the library use to charge a dollar for video borrowing, it wouldn't hurt to reimplement this nominal fee. i must attest that much of the video material is of a frivolous nature and has no redeeming value, it represents the continual dumbing down of america and is remniscent of roman times where the aristocracy gave the people bread and circuses as a means of pacifying and placating the people. Remembe the root word of the library is "libros" books!!"
So just because YOU feel it's frivolous, you get to decide for everyone? What about the movie I just rented on Algebra? What about a Shakespeare movie a kid might use for a report? HOW CAN YOU DRAW A LINE?!
"The difference between a movie and a book, newspaper or magazine is that reading materials are completely self-contained and don't need any additional equipment to view. Yes, reading materials should be available to all free of charge as a means to promote literacy. But if you're too poor to rent a movie at Blockbuster, then you're too poor to own a wide screen television and DVD player."
That's just fucking dumb. One, who said wide screen? A tiny tv is fine. And two, a DVD player is a one time purchase of about $50. A rental fee is a recurring cost. And three, STFU and go be stupid somewhere else.
Why should my tax money be used to buy 17 copies of "Time Cop" just because somebody is too cheap to rent it from the video store?
Because there are more than 17 branches in the Cincinnati Public Library system, you dumb fuck. That's not 17 copies all at one branch. And again, how do YOU get to decide what's needed? What if a film student needed that for research? Shut up.
I have to go now. Blood pressure...rising..
Some comments from the library poll:
"perhaps we forgot that the library use to charge a dollar for video borrowing, it wouldn't hurt to reimplement this nominal fee. i must attest that much of the video material is of a frivolous nature and has no redeeming value, it represents the continual dumbing down of america and is remniscent of roman times where the aristocracy gave the people bread and circuses as a means of pacifying and placating the people. Remembe the root word of the library is "libros" books!!"
So just because YOU feel it's frivolous, you get to decide for everyone? What about the movie I just rented on Algebra? What about a Shakespeare movie a kid might use for a report? HOW CAN YOU DRAW A LINE?!
"The difference between a movie and a book, newspaper or magazine is that reading materials are completely self-contained and don't need any additional equipment to view. Yes, reading materials should be available to all free of charge as a means to promote literacy. But if you're too poor to rent a movie at Blockbuster, then you're too poor to own a wide screen television and DVD player."
That's just fucking dumb. One, who said wide screen? A tiny tv is fine. And two, a DVD player is a one time purchase of about $50. A rental fee is a recurring cost. And three, STFU and go be stupid somewhere else.
Why should my tax money be used to buy 17 copies of "Time Cop" just because somebody is too cheap to rent it from the video store?
Because there are more than 17 branches in the Cincinnati Public Library system, you dumb fuck. That's not 17 copies all at one branch. And again, how do YOU get to decide what's needed? What if a film student needed that for research? Shut up.
I have to go now. Blood pressure...rising..
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Date: 2005-05-27 04:18 pm (UTC)People are entirely stupid.
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