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I don't see the point of destroying the paper version. Let's take the Harry Potter books, for example. If a friend had them in electronic version (how he got them doesn't matter), and they were of good quality, I would go out and buy them to support JKR (not that she needs it, but it's due to her) and then ask him for the electronic copies.
If I already had the paper version of the book in my possession, I wouldn't feel bad about getting the electronic version, but only if that version is the same as the one I own. I wouldn't go along with it if the electronic version came from a special edition or different version of what I own.
All of this changes if there IS an ebook version of a paper book I own. I would feel more inclined to buy the ebook version in order to show my support of ebooks. So..to summarize:
1. If I own a pbook copy for a book that is NOT available as an ebook, I would go ahead and take the ebook version.
2. If the electronic version is different than mine, I would buy the other version in paper and take the ebook version.
3. If there is already an ebook version of the book, regardless of whether I own the pbook, I would buy the ebook version if I REALLY wanted to read this book again.
In all of these cases, I don't see the need to destroy the paper version.
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