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3. Maybe she went off-topic a bit, but...

the background here is about the death and rape threats Caroline Criado-Perez got for pushing for Jane Austen to be on the 10 pound note. At the moment, the only woman besides the Queen is Elizabeth Fry, and she will be replaced by Churchill, and some Brits think that's not enough. Austen will replace Charles Darwin, and other Brits find that reprehensible.

(OK, who are we to chime in with all the women on our money)

I'll pass on that argument, although I see nothing wrong with Jane Austen on the money, should she ever get there, but to have people frothing at the mouth and threatening rape and worse over this is insane and a little thing like a hot button to alert on nasty, and illegal, threats really isn't too much to ask for.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/05/world/europe/bid-to-honor-austen-is-not-universally-acknowledged.html?src=me&_r=0