Unfortunately, it looks like Melrose's copy is missing, but if you leave early Danvers and Peabody have copies on the shelf. [both close at 5pm; Danvers appears closer to your commute.]
There's an amazing story from a few weeks ago of a Boy Scout who got lost in the wilderness in Utah, who prolongued his own rescue by several days because he hid from the rescue parties sent out to find him.
The reason why he did this? His parents told him that strangers were bad, and they would hurt him, and so he should stay away from them. Thus leading him to run away from the strange men sent to find and help him, hiding in bushes and gullies, and enduring four days out in the Utah wildlands without food or shelter just because he didn't want to be "taken."
We're definitely teaching our society's children immensely-irresponsible messages.
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Have you been to the library yet?
Date: 2005-07-08 07:29 pm (UTC)One of the books on my To Read list is The culture of fear : why Americans are afraid of the wrong things.
Unfortunately, it looks like Melrose's copy is missing, but if you leave early Danvers and Peabody have copies on the shelf. [both close at 5pm; Danvers appears closer to your commute.]
Re: Have you been to the library yet?
Date: 2005-07-08 08:29 pm (UTC)Re: Have you been to the library yet?
Date: 2005-07-08 08:57 pm (UTC)The reason why he did this? His parents told him that strangers were bad, and they would hurt him, and so he should stay away from them. Thus leading him to run away from the strange men sent to find and help him, hiding in bushes and gullies, and enduring four days out in the Utah wildlands without food or shelter just because he didn't want to be "taken."
We're definitely teaching our society's children immensely-irresponsible messages.