Re:Hundreds of changes made to latest editions of Roald Dahl...
by thenewbarbaras on Saturday February 18, 2023 @09:02PM
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This reminds me of Kavafy's poem.
Waiting for the Barbarians
Re:Hundreds of changes made to latest editions of Roald Dahl...
by h2odragon on Saturday February 18, 2023 @09:04PM
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> I'm not espousing the use of crass language
Fucking A, bro.
Re:Hundreds of changes made to latest editions of Roald Dahl...
by wyager on Saturday February 18, 2023 @09:16PM
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> old school liberals -like the Clintons-
Is this a joke? Or are actual "old school liberals" so "old school" now that liberals by the ten-year-old definition count as "old school"?
"Old school liberals" are people like Friedman and Mises, not the Clintons.
Re:Hundreds of changes made to latest editions of Roald Dahl...
by mc32 on Saturday February 18, 2023 @09:32PM
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It should have read “including”. One can’t rely on previous icons as examples as they are being passed at best as irrelevant and at worst as being echoes of a feudal past.
In any case, it’s a very surprising quick turn of events. Even Orwell the prototypical anti-fascist is ensnared. Perhaps denouncement awaits.
Re:Hundreds of changes made to latest editions of Roald Dahl...
by smaudet on Saturday February 18, 2023 @09:37PM
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There is a time and place for both crass language and flowery language. You would get severely penalized for speaking in "high english" in some places, just as you would not (usually) want to cuss out everyone in your boardroom meeting.
Re:Hundreds of changes made to latest editions of Roald Dahl...
by mc32 on Saturday February 18, 2023 @09:45PM
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No question. But let the people use what they want as is accepted within their circles and circumstances --but the current revisionism is surprising.
Re:Hundreds of changes made to latest editions of Roald Dahl...
by jacquesm on Saturday February 18, 2023 @09:55PM
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> just as you would not (usually) want to cuss out everyone in your boardroom meeting.
Good you put that usually in there. It can be surprisingly effective when used sparingly.
The speed at which history is being colonized to retroactively establish a new reality is pretty astounding. Elements who usually are loosely in the same camp are rushing over each other and throwing each other under the bus in order to establish moral superiority over the new barbarians.
To be clear, I'm not espousing the use of crass language; I however, would like to leave it to people to have the ability to make that choice themselves to be civilizer or vulgar rather than impose it upon them as some virtue.