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In a comment elsewhere you seemed to argue that censorship in schools is acceptable to ensure books are appropriate for children. Is that not the case with Roal
by mcv 3y ago
In a comment elsewhere you seemed to argue that censorship in schools is acceptable to ensure books are appropriate for children. Is that not the case with Roald Dahl books? Should they just have been banned from schools instead?
- jl6 3y agoIn my other comment I’m arguing that limiting children’s access to media is orthogonal to the issue of censorship. I did not declare what Florida is doing is acceptable. They have used a blunt instrument to remove many books when only some of them are clearly unsuitable. No, the Dahl books should not have been banned from school either, because they did not contain harmful material. In any case, a content warning or contextual note would be preferable to rewriting them.
- mcv 3y agoFor adults or teenagers I agree, but many of Dahl's stories were intended for younger children, and I don't think content warnings or contextual notes help much there. I would oppose editing the stories of for example HP Lovecraft this way, but for children's books, I think it's entirely reasonable.