[ SECRET POST #3336 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3336 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

but if I could read a version of these stories without the racist undertones, I would. It would improve the work for me.

Read a different book, then, or some sort of sanitised fanfic, but bowlderised versions to cater to your discomfort?... Nah. These attitudes were real and these books - those of them that have lasted this long - tend to be fine works and the fact they do notreflect contemporary values is incidental to their worth. Introductory material can tackle such matters for those who want some additional context.

Or, if you feel you can justify abridging or altering someone else's work, the the publisher should stick to fanfic protocol - "not my characters, not my original work, changes not sanctioned by author" - just so the reader is good and clear what they are getting.

[(Anonymous)]

if the racism "is incidental to their worth", then you can also leave it out tho.

you don't want it to be "easy" for me, but I feel under no obligation to feel uncomfortable and constantly aware about issues that pertain me in real life if it adds nothing to the story.

[(Anonymous)]

Other books are available.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm sure you never care about books whose content you don't like 100%

[(Anonymous)]

I often read books that challenge me. I don't demand that their contents are altered to suit my sensibilities. What would be the point of that?

[(Anonymous)]

Why does your personal discomfort trump the author's right to have her work represented accurately? Like most keen readers, I encounter material that I sometimes find uncomfortable, challenging and distressing. If I find it too much, I can always stop, read something else, and come back later if I want. So can you.

[(Anonymous)]

why does your personal discomfort trump my right to read an edited version if I wanted to? I'm not taking away your right to be uncomfortable, challenged and distressed.

[(Anonymous)]

Likewise, why not read one of the thousands of other books that don't contain this material? Who are you to have texts altered for your convenience and comfort? Or write your own text that only contains what you like. This notion that you somehow have a right to never encounter anything discomfiting is infantile.