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Originally Posted by Uncle Robin
What a patronising assumption. It denies the very real possibility that some might choose to avoid mores of the past because they find them personally offensive. Personal mores, personal ethics and personal choices can in fact be just that, not simply submssion to some alleged societal diktat of "correctness".
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Well, I'm sorry that you find it so.
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Originally Posted by Sirtel
For me, things that I find offensive in real life are vastly more numerous than things I find offensive in fiction. Of the latter there aren't much I can't read. For example, I'm perfectly able to enjoy Austen, regardless of the fact that I'm fiercely independent in real life. Also, I can read and enjoy various politically incorrect fiction, but I cannot stand most of those things in real life. For me, fiction and life just aren't the same.
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Yeah, that's me too. I mean, Lord, if I took our exemplar of Austen as if it were real, today, I'd lose my mind. If I'd been Elizabeth Bennet, I'd have been
shooting people. Starting with the Dad that put away zero money for me.
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Hitch