• reddig33@lemmy.world
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    27 days ago

    TLDR: people are damaging books they want removed from the library. These books are pulled from circulation as part of a process called “weeding”.

    But when books are weeded, a fresh copy is ordered to replace it. So this vandalism isn’t really accomplishing anything.

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      27 days ago

      Might work with books copies of which can no longer be obtained. Besides, vandalism as a vigilantism looks pretty poor stance to me

      Edit: now that I gave it more thought, vandalism is sometimes the only way to express oppressed views. But I am against specifically secretly damaging communal books

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      26 days ago

      If the same books are constantly getting destroyed, the library may consider no longer replacing them in order to avoid the cost.