I'm against bowdlerization because it lets people off the hook who don't deserve it. It's revisionist really. Case in point was when Spiro Agnew referred to a Japanese reporter as "that fat Jap." Some researcher comes along and under the guise of not wanting to be offensive changes "Jap" to "dope." But it only serves to blunt Agnew's crudeness and sugarcoat his unpalatable character. He said Jap and it should always be noted that way.