Huckleberry Finn New Edition Changes

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  1. mctiger

    mctiger RIP, and thanks for the music Staff Member

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    What's wrong with leisure suits?

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    That's not me, if I have to say.

    Seriously though, I agree that censoring Huck Finn is just dead wrong. BTW, what word will replace "injun", I wonder?
     
  2. SabanFan

    SabanFan The voice of reason

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    Answered your own question.

    I once owned a baby blue Nehru jacket. I wore it while rocking to Crimson and Clover.
     
  3. LEGACY TIGER

    LEGACY TIGER Defy Yourself

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    Some things are just better left alone. Political correctness knows no limits, but this is not something that needs to be politically correct. Changing great literature to conform to political correctness might as well reinvent the wheel.
     
  4. Rex_B

    Rex_B Geaux Time

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    If you noticed in the reading of the constitution today on the House floor they removed parts that mentioned slaves are 3/5th a person.

    Leave in, or take out?

    This should be interesting to debate after reading some posts.. haha
     
  5. martin

    martin Banned Forever

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    interesting how? what possible idiotic point do you think you are making?
     
  6. LaSalleAve

    LaSalleAve when in doubt, mumble

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    Did they take it out, or amend it?
     
  7. Rex_B

    Rex_B Geaux Time

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    Man do you ever shut up and actually debate. You are going on my ignore list.
     
  8. Rex_B

    Rex_B Geaux Time

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    Is there a difference. They didn't read it.
     
  9. Tigerbnd05

    Tigerbnd05 National Champs 2003 2007

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    Did they read any part that has since been amended and is no longer valid?
     
  10. LSUsupaFan

    LSUsupaFan Founding Member

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    Why do they need to parts which have fallen into disuse because of amendments.

    This isn't even an apples and oranges comparrison as the Constitution is a living document subject to interpretation and amendment, and Huckleberry Finn is a novel which reflects the venacular language of a point in history.
     
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