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Originally Posted by hildea
[*]The Swedish publishers of Pippi Longstocking wanted to change the word "negro" in one of the books. Astrid Lindgren was alive, so they asked her, and she was in favour of the change. Just like in this case, there was a flurry of panic among the usual suspects, dishonestly claiming that this was an example of censorship from the government. (I can't find out when this happened, but Lindgren died in 2002.)
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Again, removing the word "negro" is clearly censorship. This is a very obvious. The issue is not whether it is censorship; the issue is whether the censorship is desirable or not.