Glenn Reynolds linked to this article about re-writing Twain's most important novels in order to remove the N-word. The word also appears 48 times in To Kill a Mockingbird. The word is deeply offensive, but I am not so sure we should be re-writing classic literature to reflect current morals.
BTW, it occurs to me that Tom and Huck were prime candidates for Ritalin.
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I do not like this one bit, but sadly the old 'answer' to this issue from some parts was to try and outright ban the book.
Better to ban than the change the art...it should be relabled as an unauthorized adaptation of a classic for the 2010's...so that each generation can change literature to fit their own views...so that in another 150 years we can ten or more versions for the left to teach from.
This bowdlerising of Mark Twain, by ignorant people incapable of writing the same calibre of literature as he did consistently is another attempt of social engineering nitwits who claim they know what is best for us, and to remake history as they want it to be, not as it is.
"Words in context" doesn't even occur to them.
Anyone, and I mean ANYONE who is afraid of the sequence of letters on a page needs their head examined.
Hey, Wally! Nice to hear from ya.
The spin is that it's not for academic purposes & they're just doing it to make it easier for the younger readers.
Next up, we can "fix" all of that improper grammar in Their Eyes Were Watching God.
Idiots.
Why ban it? Why change re-write it? Just don't read the sorry ass book. It wasn't all that great anyway. If it was written using an ignorant word written by an ignorant writer, then let it be. I could care less. No sweat off anyone ass.
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