Roald Dahl Censorship
Discussion
Dorrit of no particular height.
Non-judgmental - we all have our faults fair
Acceptance of one's limits and accepting everyone for who they are
Adequate Gatsby
The call of the placid.
Moby and the unspecified part of the body
The peasant of the token of love but not possession
Les not in any way upset
The diary of a perfectly respectable person who was a friend we haevn't yet met
Of human outlandish sexual power trope, mainly by men
No one should be afraid of anyone
The person at eye level in a building
Do people of a mechanical sort, but still people, dream of any animal
Catch-[n]
In no way special person of no specific sexual orientation
Non-judgmental - we all have our faults fair
Acceptance of one's limits and accepting everyone for who they are
Adequate Gatsby
The call of the placid.
Moby and the unspecified part of the body
The peasant of the token of love but not possession
Les not in any way upset
The diary of a perfectly respectable person who was a friend we haevn't yet met
Of human outlandish sexual power trope, mainly by men
No one should be afraid of anyone
The person at eye level in a building
Do people of a mechanical sort, but still people, dream of any animal
Catch-[n]
In no way special person of no specific sexual orientation
One small point. Peter Pan.
Wendy [the little, pre-pubescent child] was, according to Barrie, every inch a woman, although not many inches, peeped out of the bedclothes.
“Wendy,” said Peter, in a voice no woman could resist. “Wendy.” So she sat with him on the side of the bed. She offered to kiss him.
She indicated by touching her nightgown that he could sit nearer her.
PP) keeps asking Wendy to get up on the bed with him.
Pure porn and must, must be changed for the sake of the children.
Wendy [the little, pre-pubescent child] was, according to Barrie, every inch a woman, although not many inches, peeped out of the bedclothes.
“Wendy,” said Peter, in a voice no woman could resist. “Wendy.” So she sat with him on the side of the bed. She offered to kiss him.
She indicated by touching her nightgown that he could sit nearer her.
PP) keeps asking Wendy to get up on the bed with him.
Pure porn and must, must be changed for the sake of the children.
I find the whole "woke" business both risible and worrying. Using the Roald Dahl lark as a starting point, all of "Biggles" will be out, and most of "William" will have to go as well. I think I read that some universities have warned that plays like "Macbeth" contain violence, not to mention "Titus Andronicus" (may contain children). Fagin in "Oliver Twist" will need to be a lot less Jewish, and "The Jew of Malta" will have to be banned altogether. I know I'm being light hearted about it, but when small groups claiming that their sensibilities are at risk and don't like old fashioned or historically different material or attitudes, gaining traction for removal or grounds for censorship rather than acceptance, study, analysis and reasoned argument is academically idle and dangerous.
"Charlie and the Tofu Factory" just doesn't cut it.
"Charlie and the Tofu Factory" just doesn't cut it.
I don’t know whether to laugh or cry over this lastest bout of insanity.
But publishers will benefit from selling the UPDATED VERSIONS.
My Nephew has had a few books published... & he agrees with me.
BFG might be a challenge.
NB: Ok, not RD... but Chitty Chitty Bang Bang would have a large, rather important chunk removed or rewritten.
But publishers will benefit from selling the UPDATED VERSIONS.
My Nephew has had a few books published... & he agrees with me.
BFG might be a challenge.
NB: Ok, not RD... but Chitty Chitty Bang Bang would have a large, rather important chunk removed or rewritten.
Edited by Milkyway on Saturday 11th March 10:30
Just to be as inclusive as possible, it's probably better to clear the shelves of books published before 2008.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/peel-school...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/peel-school...
768 said:
Just to be as inclusive as possible, it's probably better to clear the shelves of books published before 2008.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/peel-school...
Probably safest to just go the whole hog and burn them all. I seem to rememeber this has happened before in history. According to the Wikipedia article on the person responsible he wasn't a very nice man. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/peel-school...
Perseverant said:
I find the whole "woke" business both risible and worrying. Using the Roald Dahl lark as a starting point, all of "Biggles" will be out, and most of "William" will have to go as well. I think I read that some universities have warned that plays like "Macbeth" contain violence, not to mention "Titus Andronicus" (may contain children). Fagin in "Oliver Twist" will need to be a lot less Jewish, and "The Jew of Malta" will have to be banned altogether. I know I'm being light hearted about it, but when small groups claiming that their sensibilities are at risk and don't like old fashioned or historically different material or attitudes, gaining traction for removal or grounds for censorship rather than acceptance, study, analysis and reasoned argument is academically idle and dangerous.
"Charlie and the Tofu Factory" just doesn't cut it.
Christ, I remember censoring Biggles and Just William when I was a kid...by not reading them because they were absolutely s"Charlie and the Tofu Factory" just doesn't cut it.
te. Each to their own though. Joey Deacon said:
Probably safest to just go the whole hog and burn them all. I seem to rememeber this has happened before in history. According to the Wikipedia article on the person responsible he wasn't a very nice man.
I wouldn't joke - some idiotic wokey educational people were, without a hint of irony, doing exactly this quite recently. Canada seems insane.Gassing Station | Books and Literature | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff