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For me, changing the wording doesn't change anything. I think people are educated enough on the horrors from that time and feel compassion for the victims. No

For me, changing the wording doesn't change anything. I think people are educated enough on the horrors from that time and feel compassion for the victims. No matter how it's phrased ('then' vs. 'now'). By your logic we should change all written language, the arts and every form of media from that time in order to 'feel' a connection. As if we're not able to contextualize phrasing from that era and are not emphatic enough to see how the victims suffered.

nickff 10y ago
Intentionally changing vocabulary and grammar on such a scale, to achieve those goals is Orwellian in the worst sense. I hope people continue to express their ideas in different (and hopefully unique) ways, so that each piece adds a different perspective and helps us see and understand things a little better.
spraak 10y ago
Actually, I don't think people are educated enough about the horrors of that time. I'm not a revisionist, I don't think we should change what was, but we should be careful about holding too strongly to historical terms in our present speech.