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Originally Posted by Lush
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I'll have to take out a membership in the party to the Luddite extreme. Absolutely not, in my case...
Of course, the "absolutely" part has more to do with poverty than principle. The simple fact is that I have plenty of paper copies, and I really can't afford buying more.
That said, though, I'm inclined to object to electronic books on principle too. Not as something
inherently evil, I suppose, but as something that I really don't like. Not just the whole curling up with dead trees--though there is that--so much as, being a good Luddite, I really don't like the idea of technology invasively taking over every part of life. In fact, the more analog, mechanical parts things exist, the happier I'll be (for the most part--yes, I'm a hypocritic). I think I'm with Tolkien, though, for disliking progress for the sake of progress--and electronic books do not strike me as anything other than progress for the sake of progress.
Saruman would certainly read his books digitally. Sauron well might. The Númenoreans at the height of their arrogance might. The Hobbits would not. The Elves (post-Fëanor, anyway) would not.
I'd rather stick with the Hobbits and Elves here.
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