Re: Roald Dahl book revisions

[robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

 > From: Noelle <noelle>
 > Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2023 07:54:52 -0800 (PST)
 >
 > Kareem's take:
 > I realize the justification is that the books were written for 
 > children and the publishers are pretending they are protecting the 
 > children. But Dahl, a notorious racist and antisemite, wrote dark 
 > books that were sometimes mean-spirited. Those are reasons to stay 
 > away from his books if you seriously wanted to protect children. But 
 > the real motivation for these changes is nothing more than money: 
 > how can they keep pushing Dahl�s work but for today�s sensibilities. 
 > The answer is, you don�t. The work is the work and not for us to 
 > change just to scrape up a few more bucks off a famous name. 

This is akin to taking down the statues of slave owners.  Definitely some
value in that, but there may be other ways.