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keiferskitoday at 9:32 AM2 repliesview on HN

The moral views of the average person circa 1930 are very different from one today.

But I read old books for their interesting stories, viewpoints on life, literary quality, etc. – not to tut-tut someone for having different moral views than me, a hundred years later.

So it doesn't bother me. Like I said, I really cannot understand the mindset of someone that reads a book from another era/civilization and focuses on critiquing the author's ethics. Just feels like such a limited way to interact with the world.


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breezybottomtoday at 11:56 AM

I don't see it. The 1930s weren't that long ago, there are still people alive who lived through them. If you were talking about ancient Egypt, you might have a point.

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saagarjhatoday at 11:15 AM

Please point to the things being described in that comment and explain what the average person in 1930 would have felt about them.