UK vs. US editions

[saintbacchus]

GulPlum wrote on the main list:

<<
It's also dangerous: is it any wonder that much of
the rest of the world considers Americans to be
closed-minded and imperialistic, when they can't
accept a culture as close to their own as the British
one on its own terms without having to
"domesticate" it?
>>

Can't accept? How about never had a chance to? It's
easy for someone who doesn't live in the US to say that,
but as Catalyna pointed out, this kind of tinkering
never used to be the case. There was never a problem
before, and who knows why things have changed. Can you
really see people clamoring for a translation from
English? I myself am extremely offended that the
ineptly-named Scholastic feels the need to change
English words to other English words.

My apologies if you were just writing in character, so
to speak, but this issue really frosts my shorts. I'd
rather not be judged by the arbitrary decision of a
publishing company, thank you very much.