I contend, quite bluntly, that marking up a book is not an act of mutilation but of love.

坦率地说，我认为，在书上涂抹标记不是一种损毁行为，而是爱。

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I think it's worth thinking about, at least for a moment, of the oddity of this terrible act of self-mutilation.

我认为这值得思考，至少值得思考一会，有关自毁形象的怪异之处。

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Prominent Pakistani commentator Zafar Hilaly, who was also on the show, reacted by saying that while the mutilation of anyone was a "reprehensible act", it was "utter rubbish" to suggest that the regular soldiers of the Pakistan Army were involved.

BBC: Kashmir incident: Gulf in Indian and Pakistani media