XPost: alt.government.abuse, ny.politics, nyc.general 
 XPost: nyc.politics 
 From: dogglebe@yahooo.com 
  
 On Tue, 5 Aug 2003 12:01:55 +0000 (UTC), vjp2@biostrategist.com wrote: 
  
 > Oh, poppycock!  The same libraries that during the 1980s gave 
 >away advanced textbooks to make space for videos and paperback novels? 
 >Or that today serve largely as internet cafes?  Like everything else 
 >the grubmint does, public libraries only succeed in watering down 
 >substance in order to create a lobby for those making the mediocre 
 >delivery. If the libraries had higher standards they wouldn't be in 
 >this position. Instead, they only propogate mediocrity. 
  
 Unfortunately, we can't raise the standards.  Some people would 
 complain that we're violating their rights to low standards. 
  
 Maybe we should just put Starbucks in the libraries. 
  
  
 Phil 
  
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