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Originally Posted by ahi
Just because the author grew up with a certain value system does not make certain parts of their message any less toxic to people of the "right" ethnic/culture/gender/etc. background.
Do we need to pretend that this is a morally simple issue? I don't think it is.
The books should not be banned, or censored... but they do pose genuine issues worth insightful consideration. And the fact that there exists no carte-blanche solution does not mean the issues are not worth discussing.
Do we not agree on this?
- Ahi
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Of course we disagree, the topic of this thread is censorship. If you are not supporting it, why are you bringing your pet peeves in it?
It is morally simple issue, don't read, don't give to your children what you think they shouldn't read. It is irrelevant to the majority of the people of the world what you do and don't find offensive. Same goes for my dislikes, I can dislike and find offensive anything from cuddly animals to dominiring females (actually like both
), so what? Lock these books in the library vault?
When I grew up in Soviet Russia anything saying good about West, was found offensive, by keepers of morale
and kept in the vault. I cannot stop thinking, that for all your talk about being against censorship you are arguing that offensive books to be locked.
Lastly, I might not give a porcelain caucasian statues of lovers to my diff color girlfriend, but what do you want to do with them? Break them up, so caucasian lover couldn't give them to each other too? What the hell was your point?