Recently I have reading about the destruction of one thing that I can never understand the destruction of and this is libraries. It's not as if destroying libraries is a new concept. It has been around since libraries have been around, but my question is why?
I understand that some people destroyed libraries not to destroy them, but to take the knowledge of one civilization to another perhaps greater or at least greater in the fact that they conquered one culture they stole books from. So why? Why would people destroy libraries in modern day? And it has happened even as recently as the second Iraq War.
Is it a fear of knowledge? Is it a fear of culture? Or is it the fact that deep down we know that the culture center of a country lies in its libraries? Although Fox News has maligned libraries and think that they are out of date and no longer used there are those of us who know the truth. Libraries have evolved and still give us a place where we can be equal to others regardless of what we can afford on our own. We can use internet there as well as read books from all over the world and that teach us about different cultures and different times and different worlds.
Why would we destroy these hallowed halls? Why would we burn books especially since books don't burn well....lack of oxygen in between the pages. If you want to burn a book for real rip it page by page do not throw it in a pile and hope the entire thing will burn.
But we shouldn't want to burn books and we shouldn't want to destroy libraries. I guess it shows no matter how far we come or think we come; no matter how many technological advances we make we will always attack places of learning and equalization first.
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