tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25254614.post474105923960388006..comments2024-03-23T23:46:29.024-07:00Comments on The Fabuleous Fifties: Ger Apeldoornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03633862833036214748noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25254614.post-77325017346757726592011-09-25T22:17:29.464-07:002011-09-25T22:17:29.464-07:00This sort of thing is a persisting issue in Americ...This sort of thing is a persisting issue in America. When it comes to <em>each</em> group that was once targetted, we divide into three camps. One camp wants the evidence of targetting both suppressed and condemned (a somewhat self-contradictory pair of demands); one group wants the evidence left out there, but discussed; and one group insists that their was nothing wrong with the targetting in the first place.<br /><br />The divisions are not constant as the formerly targetted group changes!<br /><br />Publishers are fearful of boycotts. While Titan probably needn't have worried about sales in Japan, they would have been concerned about sales to Asian-Americans, and to those who would hop on the latest politically correct bandwagon. At the same time, they cannot always remove all potentially offensive material without quite gutting a work, so one often sees compromises that seem hypocritical or idiotic.Daniel [oeconomist.com]https://www.blogger.com/profile/06763094285750736837noreply@blogger.com