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Originally Posted by Catlady
I don't know. All I know is that the book was written and published in one form, and now someone else feels justified in changing it. It's outrageous.
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How do you feel about all the many any varied different productions of Shakespeare plays? Should theatre companies only produce a work that is as faithful as can possibly be to how they were originally staged?
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People here seem to go bonkers over a hint of censorship. Isn't it a form of censorship to alter what the author wrote to make it more palatable? Would you think it was hunky-dory for some member of the religious right to tone down Fanny Hill and rewrite it so that Fanny is punished for her "sins"?
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If a) they don't try to hide what they have done, and b) the original is still available, then I don't have a problem with that.
If you haven't removed the original, how have you censored it?