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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Immeril" data-source="post: 8031014" data-attributes="member: 7021408">The earlier publication date doesn't make the depiction ok, but you suggest denying that it ever existed in the first place. Because if you remove something, with the explanation that it was insensitive, than I have no other option but to take your word for it. People should have the option to decide for themselves that a product contains dated ideas. If you truly believe that we live in a civilised society, then you should assume that people will indeed come to the conclusion that the product in question is offensive, without someone else saying that they should take their word for it.By this line of reasoning, we should also ban Harry Potter. Because certain people, in their own mind, have very valid reasons to be offended by these books.It's a matter of principle. One person should never have the audacity or even the god complex to decide for others what they can or can not read. Especially if your argument is "well, these 2 works of fiction are both offensive to someone, but we'll keep the more important one".I don't like Conan, another example of a (to current standards) problematic work of fiction that has been referenced in this thread. So in theory, if Conan were to be banned, I wouldn't be hurt by this decision. But I acknowledge that Conan is liked by, and important to, other people. And I respect that.Yes! We can't ask Joseph Conrad's opinion about colonialism, but we can ask Greenwood's/Baker's/...</blockquote>

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