Ashlandia’s Little Libraries are being emptied. People are stealing the books and selling them online. A person has been seen doing it. Elder white male, they describe, with a white beard and a green jacket. Doesn’t really narrow the field in Ashlandia, which has a population stacked with elderly white males with white beards. He was driving an older red Subaru, which figures; Subarus are as numerous as grass in Ashlandia.
The crime isn’t limited to Ashlandia. Stealing the books raises questions. The books are free and there to be taken. So can they be stolen?
My answer is that when you go through town and empty a dozen Little Libraries and take all the books and sell them online, you’re violating the spirit. I guess you can’t be charged and convicted for that, though.
Michael Seidel, writer 
There is no accounting for some people. This guy is a low-life no matter how you look at it. And even the possibility that because the books are free it is not theft is wrong. These are children’s books if I read this correctly. He isn’t stealing only books. He is stealing someone’s childhood and that should be a capital offense.
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