They are nuts. However, the quoted words on their site don't have a period after them because the quote is not a sentence.

I had a book once that had a word whited out all through the book. I can't remember what the word was, but nothing my 79 y.o. eyes hadn't seen before.

"I had a book once that had a word whited out all through the book. I can't remember what the word was, but nothing my 79 y.o. eyes hadn't seen before."

Good grief!!! LOL!!!!!!

Sometimes I get library books that have bookmarkers left in them. Sometimes they are just old grocery store receipts or shopping lists. Funny that the library employees don't notice and remnove them.

The only time I like writing in the margins is when there are comments about a recipe. I usually find them on the cookbooks for sale by our Friends of the Nipomo Library.

Anybody find a hundred dollar bill used as a page bookmark?

I have some sympathy for the boys that got fined ... many people in our society are really careless about accuracy in their spelling, punctuation, composition and grammar.

Many say, "Well ... you know what I mean".

Who are still the major role models of our youth? Their parents.

If we are careless about the ways that we run our lives, including the ways that we write, we're doing our kids a major disservice.

Make no mistake - they are in worldwide competition regarding excellence ... and many students in other parts of the world do better in various kinds of examination than ours do.

They are being poorly equipped for the global competition that they will face as adults. When they will be financing our pensions ... if they can find work.

We have let our education system deteriorate, and our kids and grandkids will pay the price.

ole joyful

Oh, boy, do I disagree with what they did. I think defacing a rare, handpainted sign (with WHITE-OUT!) because they are on a mission to erradicate typos is criminal and stupid and illogical. I have zero sympathy for them, none, and I wish the fines were higher. HOW DARE THEY? The person that built that tower handpainted the sign and it's been there for over 70 years, it's a piece of Americana and folkart in its own right.

The men who did this now are saying that people shouldn't be vigilantes and should ask permission before correcting signs. Geez. Ya think?

And if you want to write in YOUR books, fine by me. But to write in someone else's book is rude. I don't care if you're "educating the masses", do it in your book or become a teacher or put an ad in the paper. Just don't misuse someone else's property.

Whiting out every word that offends you, that person should have just stopped reading that book, my word, how bizarre!

I agree, to deface a 60 year-old sign is just WRONG. It has historic value. They can comment on it, but not change it.
JoanMN

I also agree. Defacing a sign, or a book is so wrong!
I had a friend who bought a book at half-price books and every word that the previous owner didn't approve of was blacked out with a felt tip marker. We got a good laugh over that. Why????

I agree 100% with you Flamey! Defacing anything is wrong. I find it so malicious and senseless!

I agree we need to "teach our children" and one of the 1st things they need to learn is respect for the propery of others!! I have NO sympathy for the boys!!

When you get a book from the library, you are BORROWING that book. You do not have the right to add your opinions,etc. anywhere in/on it!

Read what Bump said and put Ya Ya on it. The only books I write in are mine and I'm certain that I'm always gonna have them, or I don't write in them.

As for defacing a public sign - I don't have any sympathy for them. I'm the world's best/worst at nitpicking misspellings on public signs, etc., but I sure ain't gonna go around whiteing them out! LOL

I once had a book that had several pages torn out of it.

No respect for property!

Samkaren
your resident DJ

The misspelled word "emense" was not fixed, Deck wrote, because "I was reluctant to disfigure the sign any further". ... Even HE admits their efforts were disfiguring to the sign for crying out loud. What was his first clue??? It's a shame they felt it their duty to deface someone else's property. I don't think the fine was high enough.

It irks me no end to find a book that has been written, drawn or marked in. I wouldn't even consider doing that to the Library books. The Library needs to have a big sign posting a warning of hefty fines along with cancelling of library cards for defacing their books, magazines or movies. Maybe that would help stop the vandalism.

these people who have a holier than thou attitude and mark out all words that they don't like must be reading the whole book, bad words and all. You would think that when they came to the first word that was distasteful to them that they would simply stop reading it.