If you are black, Asian, female or somewhat obese, you may have had an internal conflict reading the James Bond books written by Ian Fleming, since in the 1950s and 60s he used certain expressions to describe groups ethnicities, religions or body sizes. are now considered offensive. This means, in these times, that you must eliminate these words and concepts. Because no one in 2023 seems to realize that this was written 70 years ago, and other things were “ok” to say and write then, but the world has since moved on and we, the humans today are offended by everything. From all over the world, all the time.
Ian Fleming’s 007 books have just been released again, and this time they’ve been partially rewritten so as not to offend anyone. Flemish publications writes this on his own site:
“In this edition, a series of updates have been made, while remaining as close as possible to the original text and the time in which it takes place.”
We also learned last week that even Roald Dahl’s beloved children’s books are being rewritten to better reflect what is considered “right” and what isn’t.
What do you think of these reissues of old books?