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Originally Posted by elcreative
stuff micro-managed by over-picky editing that comes over as arrogant as well...
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This is the mindset I'm talking about. I disagree that it is arrogant for a modern editor to identify and change a problem with a previously published work. Problems don't get a free pass simply because they made it through a publishing sieve sixty years ago. We're not talking about the founding fathers here--just people doing their jobs back then and people doing their jobs today.
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I am quite capable of interpreting older fiction and non-PC styles for myself...
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You do not represent the majority of pleasure readers though. Most up-and-coming readers have
never heard the archaic usage of "gay" and "faggot." Coming across those terms will distract and confuse many readers, not entertain them.