Old man arraigned for defacing hundreds of library books.

[TheMightyFavog]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=583&ncid=583&e=2&u=/nm/20040624/od_nm/life_censor_dc

ALBANY, New York (Reuters) - A decorated World War II veteran has been charged with second-degree criminal mischief for crossing out curse words in hundreds of books at a New York library and replacing them with religious inscriptions.

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Barber, a former trucker and a great-grandfather, wrote "God is Enough" inside the front covers of the books and scribbled over expletives and added religious phrases.

Barber caused $9,255 worth of damage and was charged with second-degree criminal mischief, a felony, police said. He was arraigned in city court on Monday and released.

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(I know I'm going over the four paragraph limit here, but this is just too good to leave out)

Barber could not be reached for comment, but his wife reacted angrily when reached by telephone at their home in Lake George.

"I am sick of these phone calls when murders and rapists get no TV coverage. He scribbled in some books and he gets crucified on TV," she said before slamming down the phone.

Oy. The sooner we get religious fundamentalism into the DSM-IV, the better off this country will be.

[elfwitch]

1. I am beyond sick of these people...

I have two thoughts on this...

First, doesn't it seem like they have a sick fetish? They seek out porn and profanity and such. They go looking for it. They are obsessed with it. Does that strike anyone else as a little less than healthy?

Second, if you don't like it, don't look at it. What gives them the fucking right to decide if I want to see the fucking word or not? See there what I did, I used fuck twice and nobody died or got hurt from it.

[mrboba1]

3. I dunno...

You used 'fuck' three times and I think I busted a gut...
:)

[elfwitch]

5. I'm sorry

I didn't mean to hurt you. Are you gonna send that guy over to my computer with some white out?

[tjwash]

12. You know what, this reminds me of a coworker that I had.

You can not have a conversation with this guy about anything, even decorating easter eggs, without him going on some long anti-gay rant. Finally one day he starting going off on "those damn faggots", and I finally lost it and said "Yeah, I know, those queers have such an influence on your life don't they? You go to bed at night thinking about them, you wake up in the morning screaming about them, and in the interim you spend every waking moment thinking, debasing, and ranting about them. So, what exactly is your life all about besides that?"

He has not spoken two words to me since then. Just the way I wanted it...

[tigereye]

2. in the DSM?

just check the internet under a variety of diagnoses and you will see what it would look like. Might be humorous, though.

Oh, you meant as an actual diagnosis. Oh. Well there are sections in the back that deal with trance and cultural experiences... ;)

[Loonman]

4. What a crack

Dumbass.....

[Rabrrrrrr]

6. And I bet the idiot gets all worked up about the "niggers" graffiti-ing

and the "goddamn punks" defacing property.

[Southsideirish]

7. I've seen this done several times in public library books. They

(religious fanatics) always think they have to save us from our evil natures.

[MisterP]

13. I opened a library copy of "Ever Since Darwin"

and had to erase creationist blithering (e.g. "The Leakeys were excellent treasure hunters, but that's about it" being the least stupid). Thank heavens for soft-gum erasers!

[Wickerman]

8. Freud named this long ago - Its called Reaction Formation

REACTION-FORMATION : The blocking of desire by its opposite. "Reaction-formation" is the term Freud uses to describe the mechanism whereby the ego reacts to the impulses of the id by creating an antithetical formation that blocks repressed cathexes. For example, someone who feels homosexual desire might repress that desire by turning it into hatred for all homosexuals.

http://www.sla.purdue.edu/academic/engl/theory/psychoanalysis/definitions/reactionformation.html

[Kali]

9. hmmm sure fits a lot of

rightwingers/repubs:

The Reaction-formation Party

[elfwitch]

10. See I knew they were sick!

Closet case self loathers.

[TXlib]

14. That explains tjwash's coworker in post #12

[Book Lover]

11. Yeah, crucified

See how he's hanging up there, close to death? And his crime was only defacing public property and damaging books! Yeah, justice is the bad guy here. Don't like it, don't fucking read it. There are plenty of books in the world, plenty. Read the ones you fucking like.

Please pardon my profanity, but my blood is boiling. I repair books for extra cash and to keep my skills up, and to see this kills me. Every book is important, every single bingle one.

[TheMightyFavog]

15. It says the guy is a WWII vet...

It does not say, however which side he fought on.

I thought that anyone who fought for Hitler's army was banned from emigrating to the United States.