Remember when a library was a place in which literary and artistic materials, such as books, periodicals, newspapers, pamphlets, prints, records, and tapes, were kept for reading, reference, or lending. Well, it still is but why have they gotten into entertainment?

 

Should our tax money be going to provide cheapskates and people that couldn't read a book if it was in front of them movies like "Aliens vs. Predator" or "Meet the Spartans"? Should it be providing entertainment like video games? Why should my tax dollars help junior down the street to play the latest version of Guitar Hero? :ohbrother:

Wow! :lol: Talk about generalizations! :lol:

 

I'll have you know I'm not a cheapskate, and I'm VERY, VERY, VERY well read-and I'm a patron of the Louisville Free Public Library for all types of media.

Wow! :lol: Talk about generalizations! :lol:

 

I'll have you know I'm not a cheapskate, and I'm VERY, VERY, VERY well read-and I'm a patron of the Louisville Free Public Library for all types of media.

Sorry, but you should rent movies and games, not get them off the taxpayers dime.

Sorry, but you should rent movies and games, not get them off the taxpayers dime.

 

 

Really? I pay taxes. I'm happy borrowing the items, frankly.

Sorry, but you should rent movies and games, not get them off the taxpayers dime.

 

As a teacher, the library has been very helpful in providing older movies (often unavailable at Blockbuster or Wal-Mart) to show students in certain classes.

Sorry, but you should rent movies and games, not get them off the taxpayers dime.

I don't see the point in video games being available at the library. But I'm cool with movies. The library is one instance where my Libertarian views are a little skewed as I'm fairly ok with my taxes going towards them.

I don't see the point in video games being available at the library. But I'm cool with movies. The library is one instance where my Libertarian views are a little skewed as I'm fairly ok with them.

 

 

Why not video games?

As a teacher, the library has been very helpful in providing older movies (often unavailable at Blockbuster or Wal-Mart) to show students in certain classes.

 

To be fair Netflix really outdoes all of them on most counts. Only exception to the rule here would be Wild and Wooley Video here in Louisville.

To be fair Netflix really outdoes all of them on most counts. Only exception to the rule here would be Wild and Wooley Video here in Louisville.

 

 

But...there's still a cost in NetFlix.

Why not video games?

I fail to see any educational/art/etc. purpose in video games.

But...there's still a cost in NetFlix.

 

 

There is, but the point I was referring to was the rare and hard to find comment. The cost is not what I cared about.

I fail to see any educational/art/etc. purpose in video games.

 

 

I'll tell my friend @ EASports you don't think what she does is artistic. :lol:

I'll tell my friend @ EASports you don't think what she does is artistic. :lol:

I'll stick by it!

 

Essentially my view is I'd rather my taxes not go to the library at all. But if my tax dollars are going somewhere the purchase of books for the general public to use is a VERY worthy cause.

Really? I pay taxes. I'm happy borrowing the items, frankly.

So what? Why should my taxes go towards your entertainment?

So what? Why should my taxes go towards your entertainment?

 

 

But my taxes do as well. Are you saying that your tax money should dictate, while others, whose monies also fund the resource, should not?