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Title: I was looking forward to reading this
Post by: STEMO on 16 December 2020, 18:20:52

Shame  :(

Julie Burchill's book about cancel culture cancelled over Twitter row https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-55331063

Title: Re: I was looking forward to reading this
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 16 December 2020, 18:25:26

Hmmm......I could almost have predicted this.

We have no right NOT to be offended. What may be offensive to one may not be offensive to another.

As for 'hate speech' who decides? Who plays at being God?

Title: Re: I was looking forward to reading this
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 16 December 2020, 18:50:24

I presume that the wife in question was not of an age that we would deem acceptable these days to be married?  ???  ::)

Title: Re: I was looking forward to reading this
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 16 December 2020, 18:56:30

Hopefully it will find another publisher.

Title: Re: I was looking forward to reading this
Post by: STEMO on 16 December 2020, 18:58:26

Quote from: Doctor Gollum on 16 December 2020, 18:56:30

Hopefully it will find another publisher.

Charlie Hebdo?  ;D

Title: Re: I was looking forward to reading this
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 16 December 2020, 19:55:28

Quote from: Sir Tigger QC on 16 December 2020, 18:50:24

I presume that the wife in question was not of an age that we would deem acceptable these days to be married?  ???  ::)

From 1858, in England,  it was legal for girls  to marry at 12 and boys at 14.

Bear in mind a poverty stricken and underfed 12 year old girl in Victorian England would probably have looked much like an 8 or 9 year old today.

The parents probably had a dozen other kids, and needed the money so......... :-X :-\