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All of art, history and culture just needs a few minor corrections.
by monsecchris 4y ago
All of art, history and culture just needs a few minor corrections.
- op00to 4y agoNo, but if there’s overt racism that doesn’t add to the pulpy paperback meant to pass the time, changing that racism could interest new consumers who aren’t titillated by inane racism.
- throwuwu 4y agoThere are quite a few more “isms” in those books. They weren’t made for modern audiences.
- monsecchris 4y agoYour concern for racism is admirable. How do you feel about the racism in the Quran, does it require a few well advised changes too?
- op00to 4y agoI have never read the Quran, so I couldn’t possibly comment. You seem to be a scholar in the Quran, and that too is admirable! If there were a market for rewriting the Quran to eliminate aspects you find objectionable, you’re well within your rights to do so. No cultural heritage will be destroyed. The existing books still exist, and now your new version also exists. In much the same way, the 007 paperbacks (yeah, the old school ones) will remain in some forgotten corner in my house probably until my kids have to clear it out. They’ll probably thumb through one and laugh at its outdated language and style. No one is coming to take the books away.
- monsecchris 4y agoIt seems you have great insight for adjustments in many books excluding one that has the most outdated ideas of them all which you conveniently know nothing about.
- hindsightbias 4y agoLet’s see how long statues without fig leaves last in “enlightened” Americana.
- op00to 4y agoIt’s weird that you compare a marble cock and balls to a commercial entity deciding they would make more money by not selling something with racist language.