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Originally Posted by GlennD
If we're going to hide away everything racist, sexist or otherwise offensive then we'll end up burying not only Tintin and Twain, but also Burroughs and Haggard, Ian Fleming, the Arabian Nights and a host of other literature.
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Not to mention Agatha Christie. Eg, from the first few pages of "And Then There Were None":
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What exactly was up, he wondered? That little Jew had been damned mysterious.
‘Take it or leave it, Captain Lombard.’
He had said thoughtfully:
‘A hundred guineas, eh?’
He had said it in a casual way as though a hundred guineas was nothing to him. A hundred guineas when he was literally down to his last square meal! He had fancied, though, that the little Jew had not been deceived—that was the damnable part about Jews, you couldn’t deceive them about money—they knew!
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That was perfectly "OK" when this book was written, but some people may think it a little "anti-Semitic" by today's standards.