"Crisis rhetoric in an of itself is simply a frantic pointing. What we should be cautious about are the suggestions that follow (If the war on terror has taught me anything...) Discerning how the rhetor, Nicholson Baker in this instance, wants to solve the crisis should be part of its validity estimation. For instance, if Nicholson Baker suggested that we start using card catalogs exclusively and remove any computer from the library that isn't devoted to climate control--then I would suggest that his crisis has a much heavier burden of proof. Being that his solutions are much more modest--in places amounting to little more than "slow down the frantic microfilming already"--his crisis needs less verification than those promoting destruction through preservation. In other words, because many of the crises he is acting as whistle-blower on are followed by much more extreme and irreversible solutions."