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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (597125)1/7/2011 4:49:18 PM
From: TopCat  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1572091
 
"Maybe you'll get the idea"

What idea do I need to get?



To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (597125)1/7/2011 5:10:37 PM
From: jlallen5 Recommendations  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1572091
 
Drunk again?



To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (597125)1/7/2011 5:13:20 PM
From: longnshort2 Recommendations  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1572091
 
Liberals banning books again

Mark Twain sanitized..

cnn.com

...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...