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1. robswc+A91[view] [source] 2023-02-19 03:00:05
>>GavCo+(OP)
I normally don't care about this stuff... and it seems like a "nothing issue" but it really feels like someone is smoothing off the edges of classic works here.

All those changes culminate in an overall reversion to the mean (ordinary). Ordinary is boring... its story books. Shaving off attributes for the sake of what, exactly?

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2. anonre+Bc1[view] [source] 2023-02-19 03:30:57
>>robswc+A91
People should not be able to retroactively edit books.

Imagine they rewrite lord of the rings and make everyone a woman.

How is that ok?

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3. Kye+Mf1[view] [source] 2023-02-19 03:58:53
>>anonre+Bc1
What would be the actual harm? It's no different from Disney rewriting Robin Hood to make everyone animals. All the other takes on Robin Hood still exist.
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4. joseph+Qi1[view] [source] 2023-02-19 04:26:42
>>Kye+Mf1
The harm comes when the original work stops being sold to force new buyers to only ever have access to the rewrite.
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