Latest Moan From You and Me 2023

Why is it that we now have to use computers to do things, but went something isn't quite right we then have to go back to a old fashion way to get the job done

 

That's because you don't have an app for that

 

All books by Roald Dahl are now being edited to remove potentially offensive language.
In, "James and the giant peach" cloud men has been changed to cloud people. In the "Witches" old hags has now been changed to old crows. Apparently hundreds of words have either been cut or rewritten, such as references to weight, mental health, violence, gender and race.

 

This is getting ridiculous! Why not stop the people of this world from speaking, reading and writing - then they won't offend anyone. And what happened to freedom of speech?

 

Maybe they should have started with the bible.

 

There's a lot of second hand books out there.
Roald Dahl wasn't a thing until I was a teenager then it was "Tales of the Unexpected", after the "watershed".

 

I've got a habit of saying "Good Golly !" when I'm shocked or surprised etc. Is that offensive ? I've always said it and do so automatically. I've said it before I even think about it. I don't mean to offend anyone by it, it's just an exclamation of surprise.
Maybe I should say "Good Goblins" ? but I wouldn't want to offend any goblins ...

 

Only if someone is looking to be offended.

 

Some may remember Thomas Bowdler and 1807 "Family Shakespeare" where he edited Shakespeare to make it suitable for families, children and those of a delicate disposition.
There was a bit of a habit of doing this at the time and King Lear was rewritten to have a happy ending!
Now days Shakespeare is back as it was wrote, performed in all sorts of languages, stagings and castings.
Give it a while and Dahl and Blyton will be back in full.