Comments on: Of buying stolen books

By: kin

kin — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 13:33:42 +0000

Don’t you know that keeping into your possession something that you know is not yours,without the consent of the owner or possessor is criminal offence,and punishable under the Ethiopian Criminal Law-art 40(being an accessory after the fact) or by being an accomplice for a thief.Citizens also do have the legal duty to notify to the approriate body of their possession of something which doesn’t belong to them.Founder-keeper belongs to those innocent childhood triumphs of being able to keep ‘korki’.Be ware-Know your rights and obligations ’cause ignorance of the law is not an excuse.At least,though,you should be happy the Federal Police is not blogging on this site,as you would have left sufficient evidence to be charged of being an accomplice for theft out of your very own willful(ignorant though) confession.Nonetheless,it was a good read.But do watch it,bro!

By: Amelkach

Amelkach — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 14:27:45 +0000

Your piece reminded me of an old friend back home who was fond of reading and buying books. He used to spend huge amount of his salary for books.
But when he goes broke and has no money for Chat and drink, he would take his treasured books to Ashenafi Bookshop around the Stadium area and sell them for a dirt cheap price. Often times, he regretted of his action as he knew he had to pay three or four times to own them back. This friend of mine dyed of AIDS two years ago and I still miss him and laugh when I remember some of his strange habits.

By: alem

alem — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 13:48:03 +0000

Chuchu almost all books that are property of libraries have a stamp to say who they belong to. that’s how you know where they come from. Libraries do not sell reference books out they don’t even lend them out for that matter.
I hope your ‘I don’t care where they come from I paid for them..’ attitude appy for books only

By: Chuchu

Chuchu — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 06:27:04 +0000

How can u be sure all the books there are stolen?
Can’t the owners themselves sell them?
To be honest, as long as, i pay from my own pocket, I don’t care where they have come from.

By: alem

alem — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 02:08:20 +0000

It is sad that the library is losing out its resources by such petty theft. It looks like the shops are encouraging it too by buying the stolen books. Perhaps if the first book stolen was rejected it wouldn’t have come to this. Don’t feel bad about buying them at least they fell in to the hands of someone who know what they are worth. See it as safe keeping it for the library if you like cause you can donate them back one day.