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Originally Posted by eschwartz
No, your response to bowdlerization is to demand the removal of bowdlerized works. In what imaginary universe is that not censorship?
If you had said "This needs to be clearly marked as a bowdlerized edition, and if possible, there should be a version containing the original text" then I would've agreed that that is what your response was.
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- Author writes a book.
- A hundred years later, someone decides to "modernize" the author's vocabulary without noting the changes.
- Someone else objects to the "modernization" and wants a return to the author's original text.
And that last someone is the one who's mocked, vilified, and accused of advocating censorship?
I wonder if you are even taking a moment to consider what you're really saying. I seriously doubt it. I think you and many of the others are just playing silly games, like a bunch of bullies in a schoolyard. Because it's just SUCH FUN to gang up on someone. And since I refuse to be intimidated, I'm a challenge.
Fine with me.