Political Correctness Gone Mad

Oh dear on the bbc news they are apparently changing wording in kids books in case someone takes offence or creates bullying they are really getting silly now . Apparently wierd is one of those words being removed . Others are fat , ugly and crazy in case it upsets someone . Not ladylike is now replaced with undignified , formidable female is now formidable woman . Mother and father is now parents and cloud men are now cloud people , it goes on utter crazyness its political correctness gone mad . What sort of world are we leaving our kids , oh my god .

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Entwistle · 56-60, M

Dahl was a strange man. A bit creepy in my opinion.
I never heard the creepy stuff about him when I was a kid.
If what people are saying is true then his books should maybe be banned.

ArishMell · 70-79, M

@Entwistle In what way and more importantly, was it true (you hint at doubt) and how relevant if at all, was it to his writing?

Entwistle · 56-60, M

@ArishMell You are welcome to Google it. However many people are convinced he was a paedophile. A lot of his writings use euphemisms to describe sexual body parts.
In the kids book 'Charlie and the chocolate factory' he talks about 'Snozzberries' in previous writings he refers to the tip of the penis as the 'Snozzberry'.
Like I said ..it's easy enough to Google.

ChipmunkErnie · 70-79, M

@Entwistle I tried googling and the only "creepy" stuff about him seems to be some comments not made until long after his death and which he wasn't around to refute.

Entwistle · 56-60, M

@ChipmunkErnie So Google did help you? Cool.