Wow !
these guys are just asking for it !
http://blog.seattlepi.com/militarywire/archives/210670.asp?from=blog_last3
these guys are just asking for it !
http://blog.seattlepi.com/militarywire/archives/210670.asp?from=blog_last3
In a recent AP story, Wilder Publications came under attack for putting warning labels on copies of the U.S. Constitution, Declaration of Independence, Common Sense, the Articles of Confederation and the Federalist Papers.
In their warning, they state that "This book is a product of its time and does not reflect the same values as it would if it were written today."
The disclaimer suggests to parents that they "might wish to discuss with their children how views on race, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, and interpersonal relations have changed since this book was written BEFORE (my caps) allowing them to read this classic work."
Warning labels on the founding document of our country. I'm sure some will suggest we put warning labels on all historical documents and history books - after all, its not real pretty how America became what we are today - we should "dumb down" the challenges, the mistakes, the absolute brutalities and wrong decisions made by leadership over the years - we wouldn't want to learn from those mistakes, would we? But I digress.
Walter Olson, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, says the company may be trying to ensure that oversensitive people don't pull its works off bookstore or library shelves.
The warning label is actually having the opposite effect. Almost all reviews from Amazon customers who are discussing the disclaimer are calling for an all-out boycott and strong suggestion to "not buy from the publisher."