[Torie]

This libertarian cant is usually an excuse for not thinking.

[Age of Reason]

This libertarian cant is usually an excuse for not thinking.

It is the last refuge of a lazy mind.

[ambrose]

I wonder how many poor people actually use the libraries (I'm not counting bums here)... I have a weak spot when it comes to libraries. I remember back as a kid, wandering around in libraries, never knowing what book I'd actually end up reading. It'd usually be either on astronomy or history.

[MrJingles]

I'm a libertarian (small "L") and I have no problem with public libraries.

The cost (a building, a few thousand books a year, a staff of maybe a dozen) is sufficient to supply a good-sized city with the world's knowledge.

Seems like a reasonable expediture considering the benefits.

[The Great Yazoo]

This libertarian cant is usually an excuse for not thinking.

Yes. I was just thinking in light of all the video materials available at my public library, those people who tried to start a private videotape rental service, I believe they called it "Blockbuster," if I remember correctly, must have been unthinking libertarians subject to much cant. "Blockbuster" what fools! They should have just called it "Bust!"