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Anyone who thinks a recipe that calls for grinding up and eating black people isn't offensive obviously thinks that singing 'Shoot the Boer' isn't offensive either and couldn't possibly cause any harm. What could be offensive about shooting goats?
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Shoot the Boer: chant made by a youth wing of a political party. It is a "liberation song", aimed at offending a certain amount of people which are considered a good target for the offense.
ground people: typographical mistake made in a cookbook. It is a faulty writing and a lousy application of text processing software. No exploding ovens, no electricity-laden ebook readers. A faulty transcription of one recipe among more than 12 dozens.
The reaction of the publisher is indeed poor, granted, but... isn't the backlash excessive?
That of course leaving aside the matters of censorship...