Rare or not, destroying books is in itself a morally repugnant act. I don't know man, it's not so long ago we used to view nazi book burnings as an archetype of evil. Today companies are offering book-burning-as-a-service and it hardly causes a stir.

Bearded German man was right.

> destroying books is in itself a morally repugnant act

It's a routine act in any publisher stock management.

Well, there's a difference between destroying books to erase knowledge and control people, and destroying books because it's cheaper.

Easy claim to make when you’re not responsible for storing those books.

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