Thursday, February 23, 2023

Sanity From a Surprising Place—French and Dutch Publishers Pointedly Refuse to Censor Roald Dahl

 RedState


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"As RedState’s Becca Lower reported on Saturday, British publishing house Puffin made the audacious (and utterly obnoxious) decision to change some of the prose in the works of one of the all-time-great children’s book authors, Roald Dahl, who penned such classics as Charlie and the Chocolate FactoryJames and the Giant Peach and Matilda.

"For me, the decision was a personal affront, as the effort seemed designed to take away some of my favorite memories—and prevent new kids from ever having them.

"Thankfully, some sanity has prevailed in an unlikely place: the European continent. French and Dutch publishers are pointedly refusing to censor Dahl, with one executive saying that Dahl’s stories “lose all their power” when his words are changed.". . .

I think calling some European countries "surrender monkeys" is all played out since Biden deserted our allies in Afghanistan leaving billions of dollars of lethal equipment as a gift to America's enemies for over the past two decades. Now they won't need to hijack airplanes to do us harm; tthey can use what we left them. TD

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