1) Closer to the original is better.

2) The English style used then is far more poetic and beautiful than is today’s, making it clearly superior.

3) Think of all the poor people who have already memorized the old style; they would simply confuse anyone who is only familiar with the new style.

4) And speaking of memorization, the old style is more familiar, with several passages in common use as idioms. Why mess with the status quo?

5) English has been defiled over the past several hundred years and is far from as pure as it was in Shakespeare’s day. We call trash cans “waste receptacles,” for crying out loud!

6) The inability to understand the old style is nothing but an excuse; get an education!

So clearly, Shakespeare should not be updated to modern English.

Signed,
King James Onlyists of the World