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Originally Posted by JSWolf
The problem (as I see it) is some things that are either minor or not rally offensive get made a big deal of when some things that are more of an issue go without anyone saying anything about them. King Solomon's Mine by H. Rider Haggard is a terrible book because of all the racism in it. Yet it was made into a movie. Who's Body by Dorothy L. Sayers I didn't like because of the antisemitism. Sometimes these thing stand out and you cannot help noticing and other times it's so minor you don't notice or it really is nothing and someone is making a deal out of it.
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I read the language in these books as being pertinent to the time and place of the author, and the author's ideas of setting. What concerns me is if someone tries to inform me that in their opinion x book or author is racist, anti whatever religion or whatever, explicit language and sex, because they have used sentiments common to the day. I can make.my own mind up about such things and don't want a nanny state intervening.
One book that surely comes to mind for all of us is Lady Chatterley's Lover, censored until it wasn't.
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