Fandango’s Provocative Question #204
Fandango’s Provocative Question is a weekly writing opportunity to allow your mind to travel to unexplored area on argumentative intrigue and oppositional engagement.
This week’s PROVOCATIVE QUESTION …
How do you feel about book publishers altering the language in classic books to “sanitize” them by eliminating or changing words, phrases, and sentiments that some readers might find upsetting? Is it wrong to rewrite the words of a published author, living or dead, without the author’s permission?
MY BRILLIANT ANSWER …
Please, just stop it. Read it. Don’t read it. Better yet… Teach context.
Written for Provocative Questions #204.
It's All in Finding the Right Words 