Re: Adopt-A-Steet Program

[rjones@airgap.net]

V2020,

> The Library was very grateful to Lois when she pointed out the
> insensitivity of the name "adopt a battered book".  After evaluating the

This reminds me of a guy I worked with who objected to the meeting held
after a product release being called a post-mortem meeting because is
reminded him of death. Way to sensitive for his own good. When a company
changes procurement methods, it is said that they have "adopted industry
standard practices for procurement". Nobody runs around being offended.
The word adopt is not owned by children.

> effectiveness of the program, we decided to drop it altogether and focus
> instead on getting new books into our collection.  After all, who really
> wants to read "dirty" books?

If you mean "worn and battered", well, obviously everyone; why else would
the book be worn out (excepting vandalism)? If you mean "content that is
racy or adult in nature", again, I'd say the answer is a lot of people
judging by the number of businesses that carry such items.
--
Everything is reasonable when you're dumb.
Ry Jones, Moscow, ID