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by mikrotikker 1105 days ago
It's not all that different to ISIS smashing the Iraq museum to pieces.
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Destroying a one of a kind physical object is in fact very different from releasing a new edition of a book with a few words changed.
Are you sure ? Changing only one word is enough to change the meaning of a sentence.
The original work is still there.
Only for as long as the books in circulation exist.
Most editors doing this keep publishing the original version as well
But if we change a few words we can have you say something else entirely. By the 4th modification you could be advocating for the destruction of physical objects.

Meanwhile people discussing the topic question if the book is improved. This has nothing to do with the topic. Assuming we've change your words, have you say something else, should there be a discussion pondering if we've improved you?