People have chosen Shakespeare for school. It has a lot of sex and violence (like just about any popular story), but it's so out of date with language that it's hard to read. I believe this is why it's so popular. The language naturally makes it so stupid people (who would be offended more) can't read it, and those smart enough to read it won't be offended anyway (smart people aren't offended by such things). It's like when Newton wrote in Latin so he wouldn't have to deal with stupid people getting upset or putting him in prison (as with Galileo).
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