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Originally Posted by hildea
This has become an issue because some people with a persecution complex have decided that a normal business decision is some kind of attack on their freedom  |
If it was a simple business decision, then why the need to publicly announce it on the anniversary of his birthday? They could have just quietly gone ahead and done it. Books go out of print all of time, and it would have been easy to explain if anyone had noticed and asked.
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Originally Posted by hildea
It could also be a shrewd (if somewhat cynical) decision from Seuss' heirs: Some old books don't sell well, so let's tell people we're withdrawing them for ideological reasons, because then the people who disagree will buy out our remaining stock as a political gesture.
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That is a possibility, but I doubt it.
As I said in an earlier post, I suspect that there was some pressure put on the Seuss foundation directly or indirectly to make this decision. However, I also suspect that certain elements are deliberately fanning the flames on this issue.