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iterati · 03-12-2009, 05:45 AM

If nothing else, the arguments are interesting. The most ridiculous is that about the smell of books, sense and such warm feelings. Then again, maybe it’s me, I don’t feel any form of attachment to objects and I am willing to change everything, no trouble there, but I understand that many feel sentimental about objects. Anyhow, the real value of a book is in its ideas and not the medium we use to distribute these.

About books and kids, it’s the responsibility of the parents to guide and inspire their children that destruction of everything isn’t the solution. There are many kids that die because they have nothing to eat, can’t have other one destroying goods. Eventually, either paper or electronic doesn’t matter; destroying it it’s just wrong.

As for the manipulation of eboooks to propagate political views, it’s invalid. The same very well applies today with paper. Read the history schoolbooks of neighbour countries, for instance. What makes you believe that what is written in paper is the absolute truth, anyway? And exactly here comes the internet, so far largely free that anyone can express their thoughts. Digital signing or DRM or something related is a weapon of the few against the majority. What it is with the people, learned the way of slavery and can’t be free?

Finally, I hope that we’ll replace paper altogether in the next 20 years say and probably it will be.

03-12-2009, 05:45 AM	#120
iterati Zealot Posts: 100 Karma: 170 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Greece Device: Hanlin V3, RCA REB1100, iPaq 214	If nothing else, the arguments are interesting. The most ridiculous is that about the smell of books, sense and such warm feelings. Then again, maybe it’s me, I don’t feel any form of attachment to objects and I am willing to change everything, no trouble there, but I understand that many feel sentimental about objects. Anyhow, the real value of a book is in its ideas and not the medium we use to distribute these. About books and kids, it’s the responsibility of the parents to guide and inspire their children that destruction of everything isn’t the solution. There are many kids that die because they have nothing to eat, can’t have other one destroying goods. Eventually, either paper or electronic doesn’t matter; destroying it it’s just wrong. As for the manipulation of eboooks to propagate political views, it’s invalid. The same very well applies today with paper. Read the history schoolbooks of neighbour countries, for instance. What makes you believe that what is written in paper is the absolute truth, anyway? And exactly here comes the internet, so far largely free that anyone can express their thoughts. Digital signing or DRM or something related is a weapon of the few against the majority. What it is with the people, learned the way of slavery and can’t be free? Finally, I hope that we’ll replace paper altogether in the next 20 years say and probably it will be.