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George Washington Racks Up 220 Years of Late Fees At Library

Posted by samzenpus on from the at-least-he-read dept.

Everyone knows that George Washington couldn't tell a lie. What you probably didn't know is that he couldn't return a library book on time. From the article: "New York City's oldest library says one of its ledgers shows that the president has racked up 220 years' worth of late fees on two books he borrowed, but never returned. One of the books was the 'Law of Nations,' which deals with international relations. The other was a volume of debates from Britain's House of Commons. Both books were due on Nov. 2, 1789."

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  1. controlling the flow of media by circletimessquare · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    is a fool's errand

    let it go wherever it wants, for free, and profit off the ancillary revenue streams of such an attitude

    the alternative approach assumes that you have more control than you can ever have, even theoretically

    even our founding fathers were media "pirates"

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    intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
  2. Re:case by antirelic · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Dont let facts get in the way of the Multicultural Anti-America Neo-Marxist agenda.

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    20th century Marxism is not progress...