Censorship in Roald Dahl books considered ‘cultural vandalism’: Piers Morgan 

Good idea, Marnie. I already have the whole set, and so has my daughter. I read Dahl's books to my granddaughters. And now this bullshit by the sensitivity idiots is in play, will continue to do so...reading them the old versions.

the body snatchers have got them

You’re not doing that at all you slobbering fool

We who believe in liberty and free expression need to secure our heritage so it can be passed on to future generations (assuming that is if the new Puritans ever do actually reach puberty). If the wave of revolutionary zeal ever passes, we needs to preserve copies of the originals and eventually destroy the censored versions, or better still put them in a museum dedicated to Woke Puritanism so people can see where indoctrinated madness can take them .

@@billyliar1614 The only puritanical idiots are on the right.

its all relative

Same.

Couldn't have said it better myself

No just openly racist and hateful

@@Deondre_Clark that’s why they are not pathetic.

Try to cope

You and me both. This is absolutely disgraceful.

@@Kelly_Kapowski don’t tell me u support this crap

​@@lucy2766Pierse Morgan spoke in support of the great classics and exposed pernicious and devious woke cancel culture.

@@lucy2766 Funnily enough, acceptable behaviour and standards change over time. It used to be acceptable to call indigenous people racial slurs. It used to be acceptable for women to be banned from voting. *If you’re so tiny minded that you can’t understand that also applies to this Ronald Dahl story, then educate yourself.* Embarrassing. 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

Given that this is a marketing ploy by Puffin (they aren't even deleting the originals, they're just offering these updated versions for those who might prefer them) I'd say it's working rather well given the amount of publicity it's getting. Just watch all the originals fly off the shelves now, Puffin's marketing dept will all be getting a payrise.

@@woopimagpie But read my last reply about cancelling the cancel culture once and for all.

@@brianmorris8045 But nothing is being cancelled. Puffin are just offering these new versions AS WELL as the originals, for those who might prefer them. And wouldn't it be a surprise if the new ones outsold the originals? Has it not occurred to you that the marketing Dept at Puffin might have researched this and done something very clever? You appear to have fallen for it quite thoroughly.

@@brianmorris8045 Further to your idea on cancel culture, the ones who get cancelled are insensitive selfish hypocritical assholes. If you're finding yourself on the wrong side of that, perhaps you might need to look in the mirror and ask a few questions, the first of which is: "Am I the asshole?"

@@woopimagpie The fact that people through that terrible disease, political correctness, want to change anything in books to please the oversensitive twits, is alarming. Whether you say Puffin did it as a publicity stunt or not. Leave literature as it is. A lot of books, when I was a kid, gave me nightmares, so good was the writing, but I couldn't, and wouldn't even think of changing anything of it. A lot if kids in today's society, are wimps. If you can't handle the book, close it, and put it down. Give it it to someone else to enjoy. But don't destroy the content. That's what I'm on about.

EXACTLY!

The thing is though, it's not Roald Dahl's intellectual property any more....

@@woopimagpie The fact that Roald Dahl is dead, or that rights may have been transferred to others, does not change the fact that it is Roald Dahl's intellectual work.

No one is destroying anything you pearl clutching, hysterical cretin.

Let's lock them up!

Let's feed them to the Hornswoggles and vermicious knids!

@@littlegojira7930 Perfect solution! Great suggestion!

@@GeoCoppens Or, put them in stocks in public squares so we can throw rotten produce at them.

Interesting idea.

I think it all depends on whether they have permission of the owners (the family?) to do so.

A very good point.🇨🇦🇬🇧

@HS Christina well shame on them too!

Good point. We should all try it

Kids today are absolute porkers

😂😂😂😂😂

I wonder when they will be ban that. Far too thought-provoking to be left alone. It might offend people who can't or won't think for themselves.

So true! Crude rewrites are just other versions of destroying books.

@@jenniferneil2438 Ironically, Fahrenheit 451 was originally banned just because one of the books burnt in the book was The Bible.

Always amuses me when they blame genes...

But that doesn't make them evil and that's what Dahl always does.

@@stephenreeds3632 no it’s a story, just exaggerating gluttony as a sin, which it is a sin to hurt your own body!!!

@@stephenreeds3632 So authors can only right happy non fiction stories now, to appease the woke culture… how controlled and boring we have become, under dictatorship…

And literally 99.99% of them will say “Um i have a health condition” Which statistically speaking is COMPLETELY wrong

Who gives these Woke people the power to do what they do ?....these fraudulent editions of classic books should all be banned....The majority of people are sick & tired of having this Woke doctrine forced down our throats.... this topic should be debated in every upcoming political debate.... Maybe starting with “What is a biological WOMAN ?” & What is a biological MAN?”....As a granny I’m so sick & tired of all of these idiots telling everyone else what to do...There must be real men & women ( gay or straight) out there with intelligence & common sense who could get things back to normal.I’m so beyond sick & tired of the inmates being handed the keys & the authority to run the asylum.... IMO 🇨🇦🇬🇧

The Government stick their heads firmly in the sand and the media fuel the flames. Plus there are people who follow the woke “like lemmings to the Sea” without any consideration of the affect on our young and on our country. Companies eagerly jump on the bandwagon, including some in the film industry. They need to stop and take stock of the affect the propaganda is having/will have on our younger generations, to placate the woke, without any thought of the toll it will take on their mental health. Censorship is a very dangerous game to play and it begs the question, who is benefitting from this action? Ultimately it all boils down to cold hard cash and power. It’s a slippery slope to a country run by dictators. Britain voted for Brexit to take back control of our country, not to turn the country into a dictatorship.

Spoilt brats

Read Fahrenheit 451, shows what we’re heading towards

@@thecatpersonuk9962 only if we follow like believe the media and follow like lemmings and let it happen.

As long as we boycott Puffin of course. How many will continue their principles expressed here when there is money to be made?

If this none sense continues , the children of today’s children will no longer be capable of thinking for themselves....it’s extremely sad.🇨🇦🇬🇧

Ye gods you people do go on with a load of guff. They aren't even removing the originals, they're just offering these updated versions as well for those who might prefer them. It's purely a marketing ploy by Puffin, and given the amount of mock outrage and publicity it's attracting it's working rather well.

@@woopimagpie of course they're not removing the originals. Yet. If you really think the original Grimms Brothers Fairy Tales are available ANYWHERE, I'd love a copy!

@@samhelfrich2901 Try your local second hand bookshop, there are plenty circulating in the secondhand market. Ask me how I know 🤫

Exactly! That's what I have thought of. I read them as a child and thought they were part of folklore. There are scary elements in folk tales of all the countries. Sanitizing literature is horrific!

they'll get banned.

I can just imagine, "Jack Black is racist!!! because his surname is black and he's white!!!!!!!!"

Schhhh, don’t give them any ideas… 🤫

Hahah

@@StranaHyena Hahahah. No, but it would be racist to call him white because color doesn't matter. xD

cliffedard.....cafe au lait perhaps😀

yeah, the book literally says you can have a double chin or stick out teeth and still look lovely... (i'm starting to get a double chin too)

well technically the bible has been re-written thousands of times

PS and Love Noddy and Big Ears 😜

I did Emma for A level too. Complete cultural vandalism.

I am so glad I got the complete works of Shakespeare years ago. It stinks what''s happening

@Joy Martin Me too Joy...got plenty other classic authors too....which apparently have been sidelined by universites....imagine shunting the Bronties and Austen to the rubbish pile????

Spot on. How much more will we take before it is too late. Time to protest about not only immigration and before we become TOTALLY pathetic.

that makes laugh, because they called them smart

You forgot to put "news" in inverted commas. This ain't news. It's a very clever marketing ploy by Puffin. I wouldn't mind betting Piers is getting a sly little kickback from them too. Nothing like a bit of mock outrage to create some publicity. Now wouldn't that just ruin your little illusion?

Lmao! The bit about non-binary clouds had me laughing so hardddd

Haha

No, but rationally this would be right. It's a fact, the same as the fact that there are multiple genders. These goddamn hypocrites.

Interesting isn't it how 'Christians' are put in this category. Perhaps when blaspheming you could say allah or buddha or any other but no, always the Christians to be mocked.

ha... don't give ''em ideas😊

@@AnnieGrace777 A majority of Christians accepts the theory of evolution so I said many millions instead of a billion. I will only mock Christians who are opposed to science. Mostly I mock Christians who think that the Earth is flat but there are not that many of them. I do not know what status the theory of evolution has in different muslim or buddhist groups.

Not the Puffin versions I hope?

It happens in every single tyrannical system of any place and time.

V for Vendetta !!!!

Insulting to sheep. In your case - braindead.

some things shouldn't change!

Physically ugly means evil or stupid or worthy of getting what they deserve? Is that what you mean?

Shut the fuck up and go to Korea. Use your fuckin brain for once before writing garbage like that online

I grew up reading Pinocchio getting his feet burned off, the gingerbread man getting freed after the wolf’s stomach gets cut open and the prince (or thief or whoever he was) in Rapunzel getting blinded by thorns. I had no problem with any of these stories.

If you can get hold of them!

Sad. I hope you find peace.

yet, they won't go after theose vulgar rap/ hip hop videos

Has Dahl's family responded to this? They must still have some form of copyright ownership over the written material.