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And this is what it comes down to, in at least 95% of the cases and I'm being generous. I'll put money on it.

Sure, the books are available at Amazon, but that's not the point. I think sending a message to our children that the most important thing to know about a work of literature is whether something in it might be deemed offensive regardless of its context within the work is very unfortunate. I'm constantly amazed at what can be accomplished with fear and short-sighted ignorance.

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