Perfect, well said. I get so annoyed when people whine, "Why should I have to pay taxes to support (x issue I don't agree with)?" The fact is, you already do... One person (or group's) annoyance doesn't invalidate everyone else's needs.

The replacement can probably be attributed to American publishers wanting to market it as 'young adult' fiction, rather than prudish Yanks who clutch pearls at every instance of naughty words. I read Hitchhiker's Guide when I was 11, and I'm sure a lot of other people did too. If it had those kinds of swears, it…

Wait, really? People are more than their parts?

Total sidebar: how'd you put italics in this post? Can you underline? Hyperlink? I'm a noob

"Mwahahaha" has become that common?

I actually think at least one of the facts you're citing point the other way. I think Schreffler, if he was honestly confused in 1998, has a strong incentive to say that and not make up some BS about having enough evidence to press charges, because it makes him look really bad if he thought there was enough evidence…