Comply with the USA Patriot Act and that, to the American Library Association, is a serious invasion of privacy. But defy the library back dues pay master and the whole community will know when librarians disclose the information.
I wouldn't try it in New York, either.
LT. BOOKMAN: Well, let me tell you something, funny boy. Y'know that little stamp, the one that says "New York Public Library"? Well that may not mean anything to you, but that means a lot to me. One whole hell of a lot.
Sure, go ahead, laugh if you want to. I've seen your type before: Flashy, making the scene, flaunting convention. Yeah, I know what you'rethinking. What's this guy making such a big stink about old librarybooks? Well, let me give you a hint, junior. Maybe we can live without libraries, people like you and me. Maybe. Sure, we're too old to change the world, but what about that kid, sitting down, opening a book, right now, in a branch at the local library and finding drawings of pee-pees and wee-wees on the Cat in the Hat and the Five Chinese Brothers? Doesn't HE deserve better? Look. If you think this is about overdue fines and missing books, you'd better think again. This is about that kid's right to read a book without getting his mind warped! Or: maybe that turns you on, Seinfeld; maybe that's how y'get your kicks. You and your good-time buddies. Well I got a flash for ya, joy-boy: Party time is over. Y'got seven days, Seinfeld. That is one week!
I had an arrest warrant issued against me for a 6-year-old ticket for walking a dog without a leash. I never ran to the press about it, although I probably should've.
No driver's license and no insurance concerns me much more than her stealing a library book.
Most of us just haven't been caught........yet.
