From Roald Dahl To Ian Fleming - Never Change An Artists Work

No doubt sniffing future profits, and fearful of the online mob spoiling that party, the estates and publishers of Dahl's and Fleming's works are releasing new versions of their books, changing words. Never change an artists work. For a start it's missing a great opportunity to learn and teach - how and why history has changed, how to deal with being offended - it's also deleting a snap shot of the past. But worst of all is the precedent it sets, what's next, and who decides? A painting too explicit? A film too upsetting? Just change it. What about re-releasing NWA albums with sexist language removed? Never do this.