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Originally Posted by Deskisamess
You are very good at adding meaning and motive that isn't there. It makes real discussion impossible, because no matter how someone phrases an opinion, you can twist it into something that wasn't said.
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Somebody says "just buy a book instead of getting it free at the library"
Another says "I pay taxes".
But that's very specious. There is no shame in using the library. I'd never say so. But it IS a LOT CLOSER to "I get books for free" than it is "I pay for books via my taxes". A LOT CLOSER TO FREE.
People who think that small portion of their tax bill that goes to buying books means "I'm really buying my books after all"....are deluded.
I use the library because...why not...it's a publicly funded service. That makes perfect sense. "I read publicly funded and subsidized books instead of paying for them because I'm thrifty"....might even be a virtue. From a personal finances pov.