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Originally Posted by Muckraker
Is this true of young readers or ESL readers? Is it fun to confuse them about word-meaning just to preserve an authorial intention that never existed?
Children aren't going to enjoy Trixie Belden more if she gaily kicks a faggot back in the fire (hypothetically). It's going to confuse them and upset the parents and probably result in the kids not being allowed to read the book in the first place.
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Then maybe the kids should be fostered with parents who have a modicum of sense. It would do them good in the long run, there are enough PC mindbots as it is.
In case you haven't guessed, I'm with what appears to be the majority. Leave the ruddy books alone.