[Celtjew Libertarian]

How about if the library did a background check on the individual checking out a book? If the individual has no warrants, no felonies and is not mentally incapacitated, then the book can be lent out and the record of check-out destroyed when the book is returned.

We could do the same for book stores as well.

Hey! Here's an idea. Shoe stores. We could check if sneaker buyers have feloney records. After all, they may be using the sneaks to make a faster getaway.

We could keep records of the gyms and local GMCs to see if criminals are working on building up their body mass.

We can check out bridal shops for bigamists, while we're at it.

In other words, not just now, but HELL, NO!

[MWS]

The part that I find disturbing is that many of the people on this thread bashing the librarian for not turning over the records would, most likely, have been up in arms if the Clinton Administration tried this sort of activity in the wake of the Oklahoma bombing, subpoenaing the records for "right-wing" reading materials. Such an attitude would have been with good reason - it would have been a violation of freedom.

We don't do ourselves any favors as a nation by giving up the freedoms that make our country great for the sake of "safety", regardless of the political orientation of those running the presidental administration at the time.

[MsJefferson]

LOL! :)