Original version of Huckleberry Finn censored.
 

*The*Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has been*censored, found unfit historical literature for readers and rewritten. A new edition of*The*Adventures of Huckleberry Finn*omits a racial epithet that has caused controversy since the book took its place decades ago on the shelf of great American literature.** In place of the word n - - - - -, the word "slave" will be substituted in a combined edition of*Huckleberry Finn*and Tom Sawyer,*to be published next month by NewSouth Books.

Professor, Alan Gribben, of English at Auburn University-Montgomery, says his new edition is for readers who cannot get past the slur to take in the rest of the book — and thereby understand Twain's opposition to racism.

Both Banning and censoring books happens almost every week in the United States. Often people take notice of banned books, protest, and the banned is lifted. Sometimes nobody notices and the banned book stays lost to a school or country.* When a book is lost so is a piece of our history.

Censorship in all forms must be opposed in the United States; it is an old pastime and hobby of many without thought of preserving our literary history.

We, the people of United States, have a history.* We have been far from perfect, our thoughts, deeds, and written words have evolved.* The idea of loosing or out right changing our literary history is against The First Amendment that was adopted on December 15, 1791. The Amendment states:

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

The American Revolution was not just a revolution of politics but also literature. The colonists published an abundance of newspaper articles, books, essays, and pamphlets in opposition to numerous**forms of British tyranny. Thomas Paine's Common Sense (1776) and Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence (1776) are two well-known and influential examples of revolutionary literature.*

In the spirit of our history do we want people rewriting our literature?* Is it better to pretend our literature history was written “politically correct” according to our standards?* Wouldn’t it be better to teach our children to read critically?* To not be controlled by books, movies, games... but to be able to think and speak with purpose about what they read, see or do. To learn and understand words and be able to discuss their meaning and improperness’ in today’s society.* Perhaps we might be better to honor and embrace our past literature, read it with our children.* Discuss it as a family and make an informed decision as a family of our values.

Isn't this already in the DC?

Who cares?

Apparently you do.

It was news about the pussification of america, so i fugired id post it. Sorry to waste your precious time.

I might have had an opinion, but a word was censored in the post.

I posted this in the thread in DC:
My gut reaction is not just not, but hell no.

Then I started thinking of all the works "in translation" I've read and seen. Most are from other languages, but I've also read modern language "translations" of Shakespeare, Chaucer, and Beowulf. Most of them suck, but they're out there.

So I guess from a detached, intellectual point of view, I don't have a huge problem with it, as long as it is listed as a translation. It certainly doesn't thrill me, and it's not something I'd want to use in the classroom, but I can see the rationale.

But I'd prefer to just go with my immediate kneejerk and persist in my, "HELL NO."

I care to the extent of telling you that you are a dumbass who can't use the search function. "Oh yeah, I'll be the first to post this week old news"

Sorry just checked dc. I dont ever go there so i missed it.

The fact that it hurts you enough to waste a minute of your time to tell me im taking up 2 centimeters of space on the main page is cute.

I dunno. Im not racist by any means, but if they were going to censor it, they shouldve done so a long time ago.

Who the hell wants to go to the shithole?

I have to say. I'm pretty ambivalent about this, though I also think the whole thing, changing a word in a classic because we have become PC pussies is pretty ****ed up.

But if this was posted in DC, then I would never have known a thread existed.

Reposting outside of the shithole is not the same as reposting from the lounge.

Exactly. Id be willing to bet at least half this board doesnt go to DC

Oh, . . . you wouldn't have gotten to know about and discuss a political topic if it was sequestered to a political subforum.

If only that argument had been made years ago.

Nowadays, eff you guys. Too good to view political topics? Find out current events your own d@mn selves. ;)


Oh, and MODS!!!!!

I used to read, and even sometimes participate in political discussions, when they were in the lounge, but since they have been sequestered to a sub forum, those discussions have become even more vitriolic.

I'll post my 2 cents because I don't frequent the DC and then I'll shut up.

The book is one of the most powerful books in American literature about promoting the message of racial equality.

So PC or not PC, the idiocy of this is stunning.