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I could have sworn I read something about this on here but a search netted nothing.
This makes my stomach turn. How can a rapper go out and drop the N word every 5 seconds but this American classic has to be changed to be fit for consumption?
This is just another case of the government having their nose where it doesn't belong.
It's a fucking book about a kid riding a raft down a river, but it's too dangerous to be read because it will taint our minds? what the hell?
Here's the kicker, you'll still be able to go to your local Barnes and Noble and get a fresh copy of Mein Kampf, The Communist Manifesto or The Anarchist Cookbook with your 9 dollar coffee.
Fuck this, rant/
This makes my stomach turn. How can a rapper go out and drop the N word every 5 seconds but this American classic has to be changed to be fit for consumption?
This is just another case of the government having their nose where it doesn't belong.
It's a fucking book about a kid riding a raft down a river, but it's too dangerous to be read because it will taint our minds? what the hell?
Here's the kicker, you'll still be able to go to your local Barnes and Noble and get a fresh copy of Mein Kampf, The Communist Manifesto or The Anarchist Cookbook with your 9 dollar coffee.
Fuck this, rant/
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 losing 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.
R.R.Cratty
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 losing 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.
R.R.Cratty
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