[smegcicle]

The parent is pointing out is that what was once an oblique reference to human slavery is now being changed in explicit reference to human slavery

[mcphage]

> is now being changed in explicit reference to human slavery

So? It's being changed to something that's no longer an oblique reference to human slavery. The fact that it's being done to because of that reference to human slavery is the entire point, not a mark against it.