Destroyer of books

So Reverend Terry Jones burns a Koran (or maybe a few, I'm not sure of the details). While I applaud his boldness, his actions are NOT Christ-like. There are a few angry and militant Muslims that have put a price on his head, and surely the 'good' Reverend knew it would come. This whole thing puts a black mark on Christianity and doesn't do us any favours as far as witnessing goes. But before we jump all over our brother for his insensitive, aggressive and ill-advised public book-burning, we need to remember that the religion of peace (Islam) is not innocent, and yet our media doesn't say anything about it. If you would like to see what happens to our Christian brothers and sisters worldwide (and other non-muslims) by radical muslims, have a gander here. It's always good to keep a balanced perspective, something our liberal media rarely does. Now, where were we...oh yes, destroying books.

There are two types of people in the world, those that write in their books, and those that don't (can't, won't, *eye twitch here*). I have attempted to do this, as it is something that enables one to remain engaged in the reading, helping one understand the points being made better, and can quickly refer back to at a later date when you want to show off your new-found wisdom and knowledge. Even the brilliant Isaac Watts in his book Logic expounds on the wisdom of writing in your books. He even addresses the OCD types like me when he says "It is but a very weak objection against this practice to say, I shall spoil my book; for I persuade myself, that you did not buy it as a bookseller, to sell it again for gain, but as a scholar to improve your mind by it; and if the mind be improved, your advantage is abundant, though your book yield less money to your executors" (page 74). Isaac Watts had a sense of humour.

I know there are people out there that love to write in their books, I'm just not one of them. There are those that can mark up their bibles for crying out loud! Who DOES that!? I want my library to be pristine, no marks, no creases, no folded pages (ok, I'm not that bad, I fold my pages), clear, unmarked pages. In fact, I may stop reading my books, and simply buy them, put them on my shelves, and look like I'm well-read.

I don't have a problem, it's those crazy people that write in their books that have a problem! In fact, I have a term for you...(see above).

Now, where is my book??