Bonanza 1964

Brosse6
Quite.

KatiePie

We are currently in the middle of a culture war where half the population believe society has become far too sensitive and the other half believe we are not sensitive enough, and there is no room for compromise.

To me the perfect compromise would be if both women and men were spanked on TV... Then I hope it couldn't upset anyone and we could all be jolly

I have a big problem with censoring old books.

Yes, a foreword explaining that there are some matters that have changed and that the way parts of the text are written could be seen as offensive today should be enough when the book is reprinted. However there might have to be some kind of distinction between intendend racism/hate/misogyny etc. and things that just have changed over time.

Bonanza depicting a era way different from 1964 views on such matters, and the views of society in 2020 are many times different from even 1964 opinions.

On issue of literature being being altered for modern sensibilities i note no one has dared ammending the references to cp and such matters in the bible, i wonder why?

Just imagine (excuse the pun) the backlash that would ensue if anyone tried to do such to the good book.

"On issue of literature being being altered for modern sensibilities i note no one has dared amending the references to cp and such matters in the bible, i wonder why?"

When I was at school we were given sanitised versions of Shakespeare and Chaucer to read and they skipped over all the naughty bits in the Bible.

That's my experience as well. We never even opened the old testament at school, which I can well understand when I read it as an adult. There is a major possibility that none of us would have grown up to be a Christian, had we read that stuff. I for instance have become fond of this anecdote:

According to the Bible, three of these four actions are punishable by death. Which one isn't?

a) Picking up sticks on a Sunday
b) Raping a woman
c) Making fun of a bald priest
d) Not being a virgin bride

And if you know your Bible, it's of course only b) raping a woman, that is not serious enough to render the death penalty. If you have raped a woman, you should of course marry her, because your offspring are your property, not hers. Unless of course it turns out that she wasn't a virgin when you raped her. If so, you must bring her to the door of her father's house and together with all men of the town stone her to death to purge the evil from among you. If you have dipped your weiner in half the town before you get married, it of course doesn't matter, because you're a man.

The Bible is of course a bit special. There are so many rather weird passes, in particular in the old testament, that the foreword would probably have to be hundreds of pages.

Brosse6

Apropos editing out spanking depictions in books and movies written/filmed long ago. Faking reality is never a good idea.

Though there is some dispute over the actual wording and who originally said it, this quote sums up Hollywood well.

"When you had to choose between history and legend, print the legend."