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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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