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Originally Posted by Catlady
Well, now according to HarryT, all changes are part of the editing process, so I guess nothing is a mistake, only someone's idea of an improvement.
You think those two words mean the same thing? Really?
I'm thinking about uploading a new copy of the U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. In the Constitution, I'm going to leave out the material that's part of the Great Compromise, because it will confuse modern readers, all that three-fifths business. I'm going to leave out the Eighteenth Amendment, because it was later repealed, so again, I don't want to confuse modern readers. I'll fix up the other amendments too--so they're clearer.
In the Declaration, I think I'll change "pursuit of happiness" to "pursuit of money," because I think that's how old TJ should have worded it. I'm going to change "all men are created equal" to "all men and women are created equal," because that's what modern readers are supposed believe. I'm going to leave out all references to "our Creator," because I don't want to offend atheists.
And I'm sure the MR library will be thrilled with this contribution and all my hard work in editing this public domain material.
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Fine with me.
I never go to MR/PG when I am looking for truly authoritative sources anyway. (In this case, I'd use Washington as my source.)
But I'd just like to point out that most of the editing you plan on doing is a better fit for the Politics and Religion subforum -- E-Book Uploads is not your soapbox. You may find your thread inexplicably moved...