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Book burning

Book burning is when people burn books. Usually, people do this because they don't like the ideas in the book and want to stop people from reading them. It is a form of censorship, which is when people try to control what other people can and can't read or learn. Burning books is a bad thing because knowledge and ideas should be shared and discussed, not kept away from people.
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