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Catbird Donating Member (633 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-27-06 09:55 AM
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An opportunity to utterly destroy documents -- what should I pick?
The Arnold School of Public Health at the University of South Carolina is planning to implode a downtown building (the former Carolina Plaza) in early February. They are inviting people to BLOW IT UP WITH THE PLAZA: http://www.sph.sc.edu/index.htm. Their suggestions are personal, but there does not appear to be any restriction on political documents.

I am planning to submit some form of *-related document to be blown to bits and would welcome suggestions. What documents would you most like to be destroyed?

My current thoughts are either the Patriot Act or a Diebold ad. Obviously I am not talking about originals here. They are not accepting anything other than paper, so that restricts the choices somewhat.

Clearly this is a purely symbolic gesture, but sometimes symbolism can be satisfying. I don't plan to send them more than one document. I'm willing to spend $20 on symbolism but any more I would want to donate to DU or other appropriate organization.

A note to archivists and similar folks. I am aware that these documents are part of our history and should not be removed from the permanent record. However, destroying copies is a different matter.

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