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Thanks for making this comment. I'm not sure I understand whose side you're on, but personally, this sort of debate really irks me. Are people seriously convey

by m52go 11y ago

Thanks for making this comment. I'm not sure I understand whose side you're on, but personally, this sort of debate really irks me. Are people seriously conveying that Lee purposely left out women? Would you purposely leave out female authors if someone asked you to name your favorite 10 books? It's just ridiculous. It seems to me that people are looking to create issues where there are none. I'm not sure this can even be called "political correctness." It's something even worse.

lpsz 11y ago
- m52go 11y ago
  Soon they'll protest college rankings. Princeton shouldn't be in the top 10 because one of its buildings is named after a racist. Stanford should be knocked out because it's only 6.5% Latino. Et cetera.
- mindslight 11y ago
  > Obviously, if the witches had any power whatsoever, they wouldn't waste their time gallivanting around on broomsticks, fellating Satan and cursing cows with sour milk. They're getting burned right and left, for Christ's sake! Priorities! No, they'd turn the tables and lay some serious voodoo on the witch-hunters. In a country where anyone who speaks out against the witches is soon found dangling by his heels from an oak at midnight with his head shrunk to the size of a baseball, we won't see a lot of witch-hunting and we know there's a serious witch problem. In a country where witch-hunting is a stable and lucrative career, and also an amateur pastime enjoyed by millions of hobbyists on the weekend, we know there are no real witches worth a damn. (http://goo.gl/n05lEn http://goo.gl/n05lEn)
mikeash 11y ago
My position is that at least some of the criticism was warranted, and there's nothing wrong with responding to such criticism with an update. I don't know if the critics were implying that Lee purposely left out women. But the fact is that he left out women. I assume totally by accident. When this was pointed out, I imagine his reaction was something like "whoops, slipped my mind." I agree that people are looking to create issues where there are none. It's happening right here with all the people complaining about "PC run amok" and whatnot. A guy released a list, people thought the list was incomplete and suggested changes, the guy sees merit in the suggestion and makes changes. Whoopdie-do. The only reason anti-PC warriors are upset is because the changes involved including women.

by m52go 11y ago

lpsz 11y ago

m52go 11y ago
Soon they'll protest college rankings. Princeton shouldn't be in the top 10 because one of its buildings is named after a racist. Stanford should be knocked out because it's only 6.5% Latino. Et cetera.
mindslight 11y ago
> Obviously, if the witches had any power whatsoever, they wouldn't waste their time gallivanting around on broomsticks, fellating Satan and cursing cows with sour milk. They're getting burned right and left, for Christ's sake! Priorities! No, they'd turn the tables and lay some serious voodoo on the witch-hunters. In a country where anyone who speaks out against the witches is soon found dangling by his heels from an oak at midnight with his head shrunk to the size of a baseball, we won't see a lot of witch-hunting and we know there's a serious witch problem. In a country where witch-hunting is a stable and lucrative career, and also an amateur pastime enjoyed by millions of hobbyists on the weekend, we know there are no real witches worth a damn. (http://goo.gl/n05lEn http://goo.gl/n05lEn)

mikeash 11y ago

My position is that at least some of the criticism was warranted, and there's nothing wrong with responding to such criticism with an update. I don't know if the critics were implying that Lee purposely left out women. But the fact is that he left out women. I assume totally by accident. When this was pointed out, I imagine his reaction was something like "whoops, slipped my mind." I agree that people are looking to create issues where there are none. It's happening right here with all the people complaining about "PC run amok" and whatnot. A guy released a list, people thought the list was incomplete and suggested changes, the guy sees merit in the suggestion and makes changes. Whoopdie-do. The only reason anti-PC warriors are upset is because the changes involved including women.