Thanks for posting this. I really liked reading about this man and his work. I'm with you. I don't understand what is whimsical about bringing books to people who don't have them and have no other way to get them. He uses donkeys because that is what works in the poor rural region where he lives. How is that different from a bookmobile or Andrew Carnegie building Libraries for working class Americans 100 years ago.
The word implies it's whimsical to expect such people to want books which is offensive.
I'm being too sharp about a wonderful article about a man who is truly doing noble work on his own in his own way and has endangered himself to do it. Librarian as action hero. Yeah!!! (I want to send him books. My husband is a fan of Ruben Dario -- he'd be thrilled.)
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Date: 2008-10-21 10:16 pm (UTC)The word implies it's whimsical to expect such people to want books which is offensive.
I'm being too sharp about a wonderful article about a man who is truly doing noble work on his own in his own way and has endangered himself to do it. Librarian as action hero. Yeah!!! (I want to send him books. My husband is a fan of Ruben Dario -- he'd be thrilled.)
Again thanks for alerting us to this.