While I don't agree with all the specifics of what terms they censored out, I do think there's something to be said for updating outdated / offensive terminolog

While I don't agree with all the specifics of what terms they censored out, I do think there's something to be said for updating outdated / offensive terminology. Language changes, acceptable terminology changes. Kids books are chosen for kids by their parents. If research showed that parents didn't want to buy their kids books with the word "fat", doesn't it make perfect sense to update it? If Dahl was writing today, and his editor said they had to change some phrasing, of course he would have done it. The important thing is getting kids to read his marvelous stories, not insisting on some form of literary purity.