Ronald Dahl Censored


Its ridiculous. Ive read these to my nieces and nephew and they love them

Dahl was undoubtedly a troubled guy but none of that comes through in his books

Antisemitic statements - yes

Fell in love with nurse who helped him after he had plane crash but dumped her when he got his sight back - yes

But those books are classics

I'm sorry but :eek::lol: that tickled me.
"Janet Jackson?.......she looked more like Freddy Jackson"🤣
 
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The loons on the politics board were celebrating it! :eek:

The BFG no longer has a black jacket, and you can no longer turn "white as a sheet" in shock - as mentioning these colours is racist.

Oompa loompas are now gender neutral.

And greedy child Augustus Gloop will no longer be referred to as "fat" in case it hurts his feelings.



The lunatics have taken over the asylum.
Tricky one, some of his books were brilliant, but it does turn out that he was a bit of a nazi.

A particular favourite of mine and the kids (when they were small)
Didn't like Israel.
 
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The loons on the politics board were celebrating it! :eek:

The BFG no longer has a black jacket, and you can no longer turn "white as a sheet" in shock - as mentioning these colours is racist.

Oompa loompas are now gender neutral.

And greedy child Augustus Gloop will no longer be referred to as "fat" in case it hurts his feelings.



The lunatics have taken over the asylum.

Didn't like Israel.
Yeah

“There is a trait in the Jewish character that does provoke animosity, maybe it’s a kind of lack of generosity towards non-Jews. I mean, there’s always a reason why anti-anything crops up anywhere.”
He added: “Even a stinker like Hitler didn’t just pick on them for no reason.”
 
Are people ignoring the point that it was his estate that chose to do this? And that no one has been cancelled?



Doesn't matter who is doing it, it's ridiculous. For years these writings have been enjoyed by kids and adults. No one has taken issue with the words "white as a sheet" enough to raise complaint.

But someone somewhere feels justified in rewriting an authors works "in case someone is offended".

That's not right
 
These changes are not about wokeness, they’re about selling books, the publishers either have to stick by the original content and risk being ‘cancelled’ or update and sell more books. That was what I meant by tricky.
Goes hand in hand.

It's why bug companies plaster the rainbow flag all over their brand - but only in tolerant counties, they daren't do it in the Middle East etc, and places where campaigning is needed, as it doesn't help sales.
 
Doesn't matter who is doing it, it's ridiculous. For years these writings have been enjoyed by kids and adults. No one has taken issue with the words "white as a sheet" enough to raise complaint.

But someone somewhere feels justified in rewriting an authors works "in case someone is offended".

That's not right
Inclined to agree. But have a problem with those that changed it, his estate

No one has been cancelled
 
Doesn't matter who is doing it, it's ridiculous. For years these writings have been enjoyed by kids and adults. No one has taken issue with the words "white as a sheet" enough to raise complaint.

But someone somewhere feels justified in rewriting an authors works "in case someone is offended".

That's not right
They’ve been changed multiple times over the years.
 

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