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To: miraje who wrote (402141)	1/6/2011 12:24:30 PM
From: D. Long	8 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 794271

The effort is spearheaded by Twain expert Alan Gribben, who says his PC-ified version is not an attempt to neuter the classic but rather to update it You don't "update" novels. You censor them.

To: miraje who wrote (402141)	1/6/2011 12:34:58 PM
From: miraje	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 794271

Cussing now legal in Pennsylvania.. freedompolitics.com ...the case that brought about the settlement involved a Luzerne County woman who shouted an unkind epithet at a motorcyclist who swerved close to her. She says Pennsylvania State Police have agreed to stop citing people for cussing and to provide mandatory training for troopers about free speech...."

To: miraje who wrote (402141)	1/6/2011 6:22:41 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 794271

What is the difference between burning a book, and "changing" it by changing some of the words in the book.... If these folks can do this to Mark Twain's works, they can (and may) do it to anyone else's work. If they can censor any author's books, what is to stand behind anyone from changing anyone's words on any book, manuscript, televised script, etc etc etc eetc.... .What is a word worth? According to Publishers Weekly, NewSouth Books' upcoming edition of Mark Twain's seminal novel "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" will remove all instances of the N-word -- I'll give you a hint, it's not nonesuch -- present in the text and replace it with slave. The new book will also remove usage of the word Injun. The effort is spearheaded by Twain expert Alan Gribben, who says his PC-ified version is not an attempt to neuter the classic but rather to update it...