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20. Just as Giles Martin changed the Beatles' music with approval of apple, capitol, and parlophone

Reply to Celerity (Reply #17)

Mon Feb 20, 2023, 11:06 PM

Feb 2023

It's a new edition and there was some editing done. That's it.

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"Absurd censorship:" Changes to Roald Dahl's books spark criticism [View all] Celerity Feb 2023 OP

Well, isn't that an interesting conundrum ... which side to come down on if you're liberal Hugh_Lebowski Feb 2023 #1

So well said! n/t SickOfTheOnePct Feb 2023 #2

I never self-describe as a liberal, as liberal in most all of the advanced world other than the US Celerity Feb 2023 #5

Thanks for your highly intelligent and thoughtful input Hugh_Lebowski Feb 2023 #10

It's their property Effete Snob Feb 2023 #6

Okay, well if we're only talking about special, marked-as-edited versions provided to schools Hugh_Lebowski Feb 2023 #25

Why write new childrens' books anyway Effete Snob Feb 2023 #37

Weird for me cause we usually understand each other Effete Hugh_Lebowski Feb 2023 #38

Wildly popular early 1900s childrens book Effete Snob Feb 2023 #39

I suspected your point was (mostly) the opposite of what the words you were actually saying Hugh_Lebowski Feb 2023 #40

"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is hardly Little Black Sambo" Effete Snob Feb 2023 #41

You make some good points Hugh_Lebowski Feb 2023 #47

It's not a hard conundrum for me Dorian Gray Feb 2023 #22

I would generally agree with you, but using those texts as is in school Cuthbert Allgood Feb 2023 #26

It's a question of what's age appropriate. meadowlander Feb 2023 #31

I wish people who know better would stop calling editorial decision "censorship" unblock Feb 2023 #3

Censorship can be conducted by governments, private institutions and other controlling bodies. nt Celerity Feb 2023 #7

And none of that applies here unblock Feb 2023 #13

of course it does Celerity Feb 2023 #15

It's censorship in the way the Beatles' "love" album censored the Beatles unblock Feb 2023 #16

no Celerity Feb 2023 #17

Just as Giles Martin changed the Beatles' music with approval of apple, capitol, and parlophone unblock Feb 2023 #20

it is far beyond that, but we are not going to agree, so I am dropping out of this from my end Celerity Feb 2023 #21

Dahl himself did the same thing Effete Snob Feb 2023 #42

In 1818 a Dr Bowdler published an expurgated version of Shakespeare for children... Hekate Feb 2023 #4

What You Said !!! GGoss Feb 2023 #8

Highly edited Golden classics books were easy intro to literature for small children. haele Feb 2023 #12

You are missing the point of that word in Twain. Cuthbert Allgood Feb 2023 #27

As I said, there's a lot to talk about in that book Hekate Feb 2023 #28

Sure, but what about the students that can't get past it to the discussion? Cuthbert Allgood Feb 2023 #29

How old should the reader be? Should each copy come with comprehensive annotations on each page? Hekate Feb 2023 #32

If you're teaching it to the right age group for the right reasons meadowlander Feb 2023 #33

So you really think that a middle age white guy Cuthbert Allgood Feb 2023 #34

Um no. Where are you getting that from anything that I wrote? meadowlander Feb 2023 #35

I agree with Rushdie BannonsLiver Feb 2023 #9

Just mark these the "bluenose prig versions" and still sell the originals. gulliver Feb 2023 #11

Have To Agree With Rushdie DET Feb 2023 #14

Why does it have anything to do with our US political party meadowlander Feb 2023 #30

Is the family still involved? sl8 Feb 2023 #36

Why would Dahl be horrified? Effete Snob Feb 2023 #44

Not So Fast DET Feb 2023 #49

Yep. Rushdie's right. Scrivener7 Feb 2023 #18

Penguin should come up with another Publisher name to print these under - SNOWFLAKE TheBlackAdder Feb 2023 #19

Maybe ditch the Random House name, and go with... LudwigPastorius Feb 2023 #24

So you think Dahl was wrong? Effete Snob Feb 2023 #43

An author revising his work as opposed to someone... LudwigPastorius Feb 2023 #46

I wondered when someone would mention this story. roamer65 Feb 2023 #23

I don't like revisions by the right Mz Pip Feb 2023 #45

I wonder if there will be a buying spree Moosepoop Feb 2023 #48