Don't like the book? Steal it!

If I don't sound particularly tactful this morning, it's because I'm home sick and I have absolutely zero patience when I feel this crappy.

Also, I loved Sandpiper.

From the Tuscaloosa News:

Fifteen-year-old Lysa Harding picked a book at random from Brookwood High’s library for a book report last week.

Now, she doesn’t want to return it.

Harding and her grandmother, Pam Pennington, say the book is too sexually explicit and shouldn’t be on school library bookshelves at all.

Dude, all that's going to happen is this:  You're going to lose your library privileges, you're going to have to pay for the book, and the library is going to buy a new copy.

How is STEALING the book “the most mature thing to do, to keep it off the shelves”?  At least following an official challenge procedure would be more mature than being a thief. 

And you know, if you don't like it, you don't have to read it.  Why do you think you have the right to make that decision for everybody else who uses the library?

More at ASIF!, including a response from Ellen Wittlinger.