Book her, Dano!
Posted on 01/23/2009 1:25:55 PM PST by iowamark
“Hey man, don’t Bundy that book!”
“You’re quite famous, you know. This week we’ve had 34 overdue books returned by mail. With checks. The children are terrified and treat each book like fine china. Mr. Bundy, You’ve become the Freddie Krueger of the library system.”
Signed:
Nazi Homeowner Association
I'm still puzzling over the "injecting common sense" remark. The police were just doing their job per library request.
I resent being called a member of the Nazi Homeowner Association. (after I posted the previous to you I said to myself: Hold on there)
Ok, this is stupid. Why does the library have the power to put you in jail when a video store cannot?
This is a fascist state policy.
The video store can sue you, but not take your liberty, and would never sue for so little as $13!
Civil case vs criminal case.
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I am not a lawyer either, but I would bet the criminal charges stem from her ignoring notices,court dates. etc. I see a lot of cases in the paper that start out as a simple traffic ticket, but by not paying the fine or not going to court the charges progressively get bumped up. So, not returning the book might be a civil matter, but not showing up to court when ordered is criminal. JMHO
Book her, Dano!
Draconian laws are needed, that’s all!
GUILTY! (And to imagine that there are defenders here of this obviously guilty outlaw!)
Funny
Guilty!
My favorite line:
DeGroot: You know, Mr. Bundy, I’ve worked at this library for 44 years. I was eligible for retirement 3 years ago. Do you know why I stayed?
Al: You learned to eat books?
And so was the library.
Having known, and being related to, a few librarians, they were also just doing their job.
As to the 'public waste of money' arguments, as the costs mount, a goodly portion is added to the outstanding debt of the 'borrower'; and an additional hefty judicial fine & court costs, not jail time, is imposed.
The cop can either do the library's bidding, or can sit and eat a donut--he gets paid the same either way, so no extra costs there.
The librarian can read a book, text her boyfriend, powder her nose, or print out a boilerplate letter to send...the real cost: a piece of paper, an envelope & a stamp...added to the mounting charges against the scofflaw.
As you correctly point out, it isn't the cost of the book, it is the fact of the taking that matters.
This smacks of those headlines that scream, "Homeless Man Faces Life in Prison For Stealing Candy Bar," when upon reading, you find, buried in the last paragraph that he is a being tried as a habitual criminal; he pulled a knife on the clerk to get out of the store with the candy; and he kicked and punched the arresting cop.
Proportionate response?
I simply paid the $3,but the law is stupid in disregard for values.
Yes. . .because I don’t plan on stealing a book.
Indeed.
All she had to do was call the library and extend the return date. . .we do that all the time (mother-in-law a slow reader).
To ignore all those warnings to return the book AND ignore a police officer delivering a reminder notice, is selfish, childish and spoiled behavior. Hmm. . .sounds like a democRat to me.
It was clear the ding bat had no intention of returning the book.
Maybe just a bad day but she kind of looks like she doesn’t like being told what to do.
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