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1. andrew+(OP)[view] [source] 2023-02-19 00:01:16
Sounds like George Lucas making all those nausea inspiring edits of the original Star Wars. Vandalism.
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2. headso+P[view] [source] 2023-02-19 00:06:03
>>andrew+(OP)
I think that would be more like Roald Dahl doing it himself. This is like Disney doing those changes to Star Wars, and you could just imagine that outrage.

I think it is sad that people think we must change stories to reflect 'modern contemporary thought.' Let stories reflect the world they were written in. We can have our discussions around them as to what they mean.

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3. oska+He[view] [source] [discussion] 2023-02-19 02:04:51
>>headso+P
> I think that would be more like Roald Dahl doing it himself

And Dahl actually did make some changes in new editions himself. Perhaps the most notable being his changes to the portrayal of oompa-loompas. Dahl commented :

> I created a group of little fantasy creatures.... I saw them as charming creatures, whereas the white kids in the books were... most unpleasant. It didn't occur to me that my depiction of the Oompa-Loompas was racist, but it did occur to the NAACP and others.... After listening to the criticisms, I found myself sympathizing with them, which is why I revised the book. (in Mark West's Trust Your Children: Voices against Censorship in Children's Literature, 1988). [1]

[1] https://www.lrei.org/news-detail?pk=768313

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4. SaltyG+lr[view] [source] [discussion] 2023-02-19 03:55:13
>>oska+He
He did make those changes. And I think he was right to.

But he wouldn't have approved of 99% of these changes. No way, no how. It's shockingly disrespectful of his estate to do this.

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5. oska+3u[view] [source] [discussion] 2023-02-19 04:19:57
>>SaltyG+lr
Oh, I agree. It's fine for the author to do it themselves (as long as they are not being forced to). It's quite another thing for others to do it, even as the 'rights holders'. And I would argue, this is another good reason why copyright should not extend past the life of the author.
6. Pigalo+nw[view] [source] 2023-02-19 04:41:25
>>andrew+(OP)
In the future kids will never never know that Han fired first.
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7. webmav+JO[view] [source] [discussion] 2023-02-19 08:28:10
>>Pigalo+nw
> In the future kids will never never know that Han fired first.

I don't know how far in the future you were thinking, but i am reasonably confident that as long as ironic t-shirts are a thing, "Han Shot First" will be a recognizable meme.

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