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Originally Posted by HarryT
Which is precisely why long-running childrens' series are routinely re-edited every decade or two.
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And why, eventually, the originals become sought-after classics.
My take is that instead of altering the original the material should be used for teaching cultural history on the side, letting the kids see how things were and why things have changed, letting them learn that attitudes change over time, instead of pretending that current culture has always existed and always will.
Butchering Huck Finn is not doing the kids any favors.
But that's just me.
I'm comfortable letting other people and other societies doing things their own way.