The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

  On 1/9/2011 at 12:15 AM, remy marathe said:

no, you don't replace the word, you teach the context. you open up a discussion about the word and its usage. this is just lazy american whitewashing of anything that might upset special interest groups or parents who shouldn't have had children in the first place.

I wasn't serious about replacing the word and I agree with the lazy American sentiment as I said in my previous post...

  On 1/9/2011 at 12:26 AM, azatoth said:

Blame the school boards and white southerners who can't cope with their past.

Indeed

  On 1/9/2011 at 12:41 AM, 24ourange said:

  On 1/9/2011 at 12:15 AM, remy marathe said:

no, you don't replace the word, you teach the context. you open up a discussion about the word and its usage.

no. Either you can teach the word or you cant. Plain and simple. You risk losing your job if you teach banned material. The banning of the book is what you should('ve) be(en) complaining about. Not this new version. I also really dont get why people think gratuitous use of the n word is necessary to the reading of this book for a discussion on prejudice and slavery. People should know the word and its context, but why does it need to be thrown at you more than a hundred times from mark twain to make you understand it?

Yeah I don't agree with banning or censoring any art...

  On 1/9/2011 at 12:54 AM, Great Maker ShaiHulud said:

Mark Twain didn't write this novel so assfucks in 2011 wouldn't wring their hands over some naughty language.

a great response to 42Orange's last sentence...

I'm just pissed off because the SeaNiggers are in the process of prolonging the biggest travesty in the history of the NFL

  On 1/9/2011 at 12:15 AM, remy marathe said:

no, you don't replace the word, you teach the context. you open up a discussion about the word and its usage. this is just lazy american whitewashing of anything that might upset special interest groups or parents who shouldn't have had children in the first place.

I was being sarcastic, wasnt that abundantly clear. I was making fun of this stupid fucking nannyism.

can I just say "nannyism" should definitely be high on our list of "words that should be used more."

  On 1/9/2011 at 1:59 AM, chassis said:

  On 1/9/2011 at 12:15 AM, remy marathe said:

no, you don't replace the word, you teach the context. you open up a discussion about the word and its usage. this is just lazy american whitewashing of anything that might upset special interest groups or parents who shouldn't have had children in the first place.

 

I was being sarcastic, wasnt that abundantly clear. I was making fun of this stupid fucking nannyism.

i wasn't responding to your quote.

nannyism

  On 1/9/2011 at 12:41 AM, 24ourange said:

  On 1/9/2011 at 12:15 AM, remy marathe said:

no, you don't replace the word, you teach the context. you open up a discussion about the word and its usage.

 

no. Either you can teach the word or you cant. Plain and simple. You risk losing your job if you teach banned material. The banning of the book is what you should('ve) be(en) complaining about. Not this new version. I also really dont get why people think gratuitous use of the n word is necessary to the reading of this book for a discussion on prejudice and slavery. People should know the word and its context, but why does it need to be thrown at you more than a hundred times from mark twain to make you understand it?

well...no actually. censorship, whether you personally think there's "gratuitous" use of the word, is not acceptable in a so called free society. banning the book is a form of censorship, and so is changing a word that certain people are offended by. when i say "discuss the context" i mean discuss the word in context. it's not a matter of whether it "needs" to be thrown at you hundreds of times. that's a choice made by a writer and no real teacher (or educational system) should prohibit discussion of that choice.

it doesnt stop there. how about amos and andy, or Disney's Song of the South and many others. all swept under the carpet

I think it would be hilarious if someone made a very effective computer virus that did absolutely nothing but replaced a certain word on everyone's computer with that word, but it without any context it would just suck anyway. It would have to be the right word that is replaced so that everyone knows the intent, like 'politically correct' etc.

republican

please watmm we must do this

Edit:

The _________ Party

_________ Convention

its public domain book, how can it become censored it has like 10000000 bublishers

this is Amurcah! We can do anything we want! Even fuck with our own national treasures. BECAUSE!

this is sacrilegious! changing huckleberry finn is like changing the original gospels in and outside the bible when something offends the delicate little sensibilities! do people actually think that maybe it's supposed to be in there

so all that read it will see it and then have the option to wake the fuck up!? have these horse arses ever heard of accurate documentation of an era? can't just scribble something out that happened

because you don't like it, because you want to cover your eyes and not see it, it should remain for all to see and decide for themselves!

there is a gross minority in america that is still righteous and true, the others can eat a dick!

fuck!

indeed, and surprised at the amount of fuckwords in your post, angry TROON is intense

  On 1/10/2011 at 2:17 AM, Atop said:

indeed, and surprised at the amount of fuckwords in your post, angry TROON is intense

what's the point in doing the font if you do it every time? use it selectively, when it matters. or i'll come 'round with a brick, 'cos it's fucking annoying.

you live your life and I will live mine....

I cant remember, or didnt read it. Are they actually changing the text or taking it off the curriculum?

Auburn University's publishing company is changing the text...

  On 1/10/2011 at 1:23 AM, Atop said:

this is Amurcah! We can do anything we want! Even fuck with our own national treasures. BECAUSE!

It's fitting that but note that the recent congressional reading of the U.S. Constitution on the floor specifically skipped over the 3/5 compromise. I guess the red-blooded, angry patriots finally embraced some form of the "political correctness" they love to hate.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/plum-line/2011/01/huck_finning_the_constitution.html

good times

  On 1/10/2011 at 2:37 AM, Atop said:

you live your life and I will live mine....

well we're having to live your life with you apparently. it is annoying, but i can't complain about how things are written, i don't exactly have the best background from which to ground my authority to complain, where this topic is concerned. Still though, i didn't giant font everything.

  On 1/9/2011 at 12:54 AM, Great Maker ShaiHulud said:

 

I'm getting sick of these fucking retards dragging everyone down to their level. I don't care who is offended by the word Nigger.

yeop ..

  On 1/10/2011 at 3:33 AM, Atop said:

Auburn University's publishing company is changing the text...

Surely theres some law against desecration of art. This is so fuckin' stupid.

  On 1/10/2011 at 1:40 PM, chassis said:

  On 1/10/2011 at 3:33 AM, Atop said:

Auburn University's publishing company is changing the text...

 

 

Surely theres some law against desecration of art. This is so fuckin' stupid.

yeah surely there must be some law against editing things you have every right to edit. What would this world be if we just let anyone do anything they want with our treasured works of art

why... someone could replace the soundtrack of metropolis with some sort of disgusting techno music and thered be no one to stop the gross injustice! Someone could put a rap acapella over the American national anthem! There really ought to be a law! Soon theyll be removing the dirty language and questionable content from classic films for broadcast on television! How would i decide for myself which versions to consume?

I think you missed the point. Censoring one word and leaving the rest the same doesnt change the artistic merit of the piece, its simple tampering.

EDIT: Also the fact that theyre going to publish and sell this piece of shit.

  On 1/10/2011 at 10:40 AM, delet... said:

  On 1/10/2011 at 2:37 AM, Atop said:

you live your life and I will live mine....

 

well we're having to live your life with you apparently. it is annoying, but i can't complain about how things are written, i don't exactly have the best background from which to ground my authority to complain, where this topic is concerned. Still though, i didn't giant font everything.

yeop..

  On 1/10/2011 at 10:42 AM, delet... said:

  On 1/9/2011 at 12:54 AM, Great Maker ShaiHulud said:

 

I'm getting sick of these fucking retards dragging everyone down to their level. I don't care who is offended by the word Nigger.

 

yeop ..

YEOP

yeah, you really have no right to complain about the way I present threads, and just because you are a moderator now don't start paying attention to what I say now because you never have/and definitely don't start messing with me....we have suffered through year after year of trying to decipher what you say. It was never fun. And I never complained.

this thread isn't about the way I write

I said Nigger in here and i got a warning.

How is this different squee??