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Old 08-26-2010, 04:02 PM   #72
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Why do you feel it's not wrong?
I'm not sure that it's wrong. If I understand the situation correctly, he had purchased copies of all the books electronically or on paper. The question is, once he no longer wanted the physical copies, was it better to destroy them, or to give them away?

Certainly, I would imagine that I would feel severe misgivings watching books being burnt, and I'd imagine feeling pleasure seeing people receive books that they would enjoy. I understand that giving the books away gives away the "license" for them under one view of what is right, but this doesn't strike me as the only reasonable interpretation of what is right here.
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