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Re:Harvard University removes human skin binding from book by stared on Thursday March 28, 2024 @08:58AM (#39850712)
So, the solution is to remove it from public access so it cannot be used in disrespectful practices. Not to destroy the artifact. Especially not by a university or any institution supposedly preserving knowledge and culture. (And yes, most of human history is nasty.)
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Re:Harvard University removes human skin binding from book by devnullbrain on Thursday March 28, 2024 @09:04AM (#39850792)
It's a strange warping of preservation that means you'd rather the book be inaccessible but complete than accessible but complete in content.
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Re:Harvard University removes human skin binding from book by torstenvl on Thursday March 28, 2024 @09:06AM (#39850826)
It isn't a strange warping of preservation, it's EXACTLY what preservation means. Destruction is always and everywhere the opposite of preservation.
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Re:Harvard University removes human skin binding from book by Ekaros on Thursday March 28, 2024 @09:13AM (#39850906)
Especially when it is not the content, but the nature of the object that make it unique and historic. I could understand if this was only copy in the world of the text inside, but that does not seem to be case.
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