This is probably not good material for HN. But I'll use the opportunity to note that I was surprised to learn that banning dictionaries was not an act of malic

This is probably not good material for HN. But I'll use the opportunity to note that I was surprised to learn that banning dictionaries was not an act of malicious compliance by librarians trying to make a point of the absurdity. This is an act of intentional and spiritual compliance with a law which they agree with. Things are even worse than I thought.