Posted by Jock on January 02, 2006 at 14:22:04 from 84.64.131.122 user Jock.
In Reply to: Re: Editing AR (was Bowlderising AR was Political Correctness was AR v HL) posted by Peter H on January 02, 2006 at 12:09:50:
I'm all for maximising sales of good books, particularly AR's. I just don't understand the logic of how 'SS' is suppossed be better for sales than 'PS'. Perhaps, my tongue in cheek suggestion about not wanting to encourage young minds to dabble in philosophy is not so wide of the mark after all. Remember the infant conditioning chamber in Huxley's Brave New World?
Meanwhile back to the main line of our debate. There is an interesting article in today's Daily Telegraph Pc claims that Black Museum is racist which shows the dangers of thinking that words can be intrinsically offensive, regardless of their context.