OK, I accept what you are saying here. It is horrifying what has happened in places like Iran, Egypt, China, and so forth regarding censorship. It is monstrous, and not comparable to what has happened to Roald Dahl (or is no longer happening, since the decision has, rightly, been reversed).

However, that doesn't mean there aren't legitimate concerns around thin-end-of-the-wedge, frog-slowly-being-boiled-alive principles. I for one am pleased that this Dahl incident stirred up the outrage it did, because it proves we aren't all as brainwashed as I feared we might be in the west. Sleepwalking into dystopia is something that has to be constantly pushed against, even at a comparatively trivial level like this. We shouldn't take freedom for granted, and that's why the reaction was a good thing.

Naturally, I do agree that much more ought to be said - and indeed done, if possible - about censorship in places like China, and the persecution of those falling foul of their draconian laws. But that doesn't mean we should ignore the slow creep of Newspeak when it manifests itself. :)