Comments on: 2012: the Year in Review http://lj.libraryjournal.com/blogs/annoyedlibrarian/2012/12/31/2012-the-year-in-review/ Whatever It Is, I'm Against It Sat, 18 May 2013 09:30:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 By: Anonymous http://lj.libraryjournal.com/blogs/annoyedlibrarian/2012/12/31/2012-the-year-in-review/comment-page-1/#comment-235303 Anonymous Thu, 10 Jan 2013 23:43:37 +0000 http://lj.libraryjournal.com/blogs/annoyedlibrarian/?p=1725#comment-235303 Referencing the Michigan library issue, LJ editorial staff writes: “The cowboys’ attorney asks, ‘Are libraries immune from crime?’”; “In July we debated guns in the library as some loonies in Michigan were challenging a library ban on weapons. They just wouldn’t feel safe in a library without packing heat.”; and, “The library’s attorney said the administration still believes it has the authority ‘to ban the open carry of weapons in its branches in order to protect library patrons of all ages and CADL staff.’”

This begs the question: Just how safe is the Capital Area District Library in Lansing? The online resource http://www.crimemapping.com shows that In the six months, there 43 crimes committed within 1000′ of the library. Ignoring non-violent offenses such as drug, burglary, vehicle larcenies, theft and stolen vehicles, there were still ten violent crimes including a case within the library where a 30 year old sex offender lured two adolescent girls into the library stairwell and sexually assaulted one of them. But you know, Michael Kelley (Editor in chief of the LJ) will tell you that defending yourself in the library is a matter for the “morally purblind”. Mike, I agree, facts be damned, we’ve got our moral agenda to impose!

]]> By: Cut Both Ways http://lj.libraryjournal.com/blogs/annoyedlibrarian/2012/12/31/2012-the-year-in-review/comment-page-1/#comment-229311 Cut Both Ways Mon, 31 Dec 2012 20:58:04 +0000 http://lj.libraryjournal.com/blogs/annoyedlibrarian/?p=1725#comment-229311 This calls for a refrain of “Annoyed Lib Snark” for the new year of columns.

]]> By: Mary Davis http://lj.libraryjournal.com/blogs/annoyedlibrarian/2012/12/31/2012-the-year-in-review/comment-page-1/#comment-229258 Mary Davis Mon, 31 Dec 2012 18:50:46 +0000 http://lj.libraryjournal.com/blogs/annoyedlibrarian/?p=1725#comment-229258 “In a country ranked 23rd in science education among developed nations, I suppose actually knowing something about science does make me elite. I find that sad.”

Oh, AL, I find this sad as well, sadder than I can express.

]]> By: ChickenPolitics http://lj.libraryjournal.com/blogs/annoyedlibrarian/2012/12/31/2012-the-year-in-review/comment-page-1/#comment-229152 ChickenPolitics Mon, 31 Dec 2012 16:31:19 +0000 http://lj.libraryjournal.com/blogs/annoyedlibrarian/?p=1725#comment-229152 Why cloak your rhetorical madman in body armor when you’ve already given up hope of survival long before he crosses your building’s threshold?

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