The library gang

[ladyofastolat]

Quote of the day on the BBC news magazine:

"I am a member of Appledore library" - Devon teenager asked by New York social workers what street gang she was in.

I think this opens up a whole new world of possibilities in library marketing to teenagers...

EDIT: The above post was made before reading the story behind the quote.

Comments

[parrot-knight.livejournal.com]

I've found the story the quotation is from, in The Times (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article3240943.ece) - I'd assumed these were researchers with poor background knowledge looking for gang culture in Devon, but the report is somewhat more frightening.

[ladyofastolat.livejournal.com]

Eek! That is scary. I'd assumed the same, too. Poor girls!