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  • Machete_
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    • Oct 2002
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    "N word" removed from latest edition of Huckleberry Finn:

    http://www.thewrap.com/media/column-...rry-finn-23649

    One publisher of Mark Twain's classic "Huckleberry Finn," New South Books, said this week it plans to remove the word ?nigga? from new editions of the Mark Twain classic, replacing it with ?slave.?

    New South also plans to replace the word ?Injun,? a derogatory term for Native Americans.

    The effort is to combat U.S. schools and English departments that have been removing the book from their libraries and curriculums because of the word. ?Nigga? appears 219 times in the original ?Huck Finn.?
    That's great. Lets get rid of all the lowbrow humor from Shakespeare while we are at it. It might offend women and fags.
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    • Barefootsies
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      • Feb 2005
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      #2
      Great idea. I'd hate to hurt someone's wittle feelings.
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        • beerptrol
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          • Feb 2003
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          #3
          I'm shocked that the texas school board hadn't already made them remove it. They seemed to have whitewashed everything else

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            • LeRoy
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              • Jul 2007
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              #4
              I watch a bit about this on the news.

              One sociologist made a good point.

              How can society heal correctly if there are edits from the original version?
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                • billywatson
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                  • Aug 2002
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                  #5
                  Originally posted by LeRoy
                  How can society heal correctly if there are edits from the original version?
                  We can't. Or, as another person put it, those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

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                    • u-Bob
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                      • Jul 2005
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                      #6
                      What's next? Burning the old copies?

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                        • pornguy
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                          • Mar 2003
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                          Not to worry. Within 50 years we will be told to forget the word exists and that it was ever negative. then Obama's daughter ( President ) will outlaw the use and make it punishable by death.
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                            • blackmonsters
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                              • Nov 2002
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                              #8
                              Originally posted by Machete_
                              http://www.thewrap.com/media/column-...rry-finn-23649



                              That's great. Lets get rid of all the lowbrow humor from Shakespeare while we are at it. It might offend women and fags.
                              That's unfair!!!!!!

                              They are going to remove the "N word" but not "Cracka", "honky", "Spic" or "wetback"??

                              OH wait.......


                              The author already removed the other words before the book went to press.


                              Never mind.
                              Good luck.



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                                • justinsain
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                                  • Feb 2005
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                                  #9
                                  It's being done for those kids that don't have a chance to read the book because it's been banned from their school or library because of that word. They will now have a chance to read it.

                                  Don't blame them for making an edited copy. Blame the people that ban the original.

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                                    • moeloubani
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                                      • Dec 2007
                                      • 4235
                                      #10
                                      Shit if I was a company and changing some words meant selling some more books then hell ya I'd do it. Blame capitalism, that's all.

                                      I'd also sell the one with the words left out, shit I'd make it even worse if it meant more sales. Business is business!

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                                        • blackmonsters
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                                          • Nov 2002
                                          • 21139
                                          #11
                                          Originally posted by moeloubani
                                          Shit if I was a company and changing some words meant selling some more books then hell ya I'd do it. Blame capitalism, that's all.

                                          I'd also sell the one with the words left out, shit I'd make it even worse if it meant more sales. Business is business!
                                          Yeah, but you're a slut with no morals.


                                          Good luck.



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                                            • Grapesoda
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                                              • Jul 2003
                                              • 46234
                                              #12
                                              Originally posted by Machete_
                                              http://www.thewrap.com/media/column-...rry-finn-23649



                                              That's great. Lets get rid of all the lowbrow humor from Shakespeare while we are at it. It might offend women and fags.
                                              that is fucked up

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                                                • moeloubani
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                                                  • Dec 2007
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                                                  #13
                                                  Originally posted by blackmonsters
                                                  Yeah, but you're a slut with no morals.


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                                                    • Vendzilla
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                                                      • Mar 2004
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                                                      #14
                                                      It's plain wrong to edit Samuel Clemens, he was my favorite author. reading some of his quotes are the best

                                                      There's nobody for me to attack in this matter even with soft and gentle ridicule--and I shouldn't ever think of using a grown up weapon in this kind of a nursery. Above all, I couldn't venture to attack the clergymen whom you mention, for I have their habits and live in the same glass house which they are occupying. I am always reading immoral books on the sly, and then selfishly trying to prevent other people from having the same wicked good time.
                                                      - Letter to Denver Post dated Aug. 14, 1902; also published in NY Tribune Aug. 22, 1902 (regarding banning of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from the Denver Library.)
                                                      Carbon is not the problem, it makes up 0.041% of our atmosphere , 95% of that is from Volcanos and decomposing plants and stuff. So people in the US are responsible for 13% of the carbon in the atmosphere which 95% is not from Humans, like cars and trucks and stuff and they want to spend trillions to fix it while Solar Panel plants are powered by coal plants
                                                      think about that

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                                                        • La_Sexorcist
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                                                          #15
                                                          I think it is bull honky and that Twain will be turning in his grave!

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                                                            • woj
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                                                              #16
                                                              Originally posted by moeloubani
                                                              Shit if I was a company and changing some words meant selling some more books then hell ya I'd do it. Blame capitalism, that's all.

                                                              I'd also sell the one with the words left out, shit I'd make it even worse if it meant more sales. Business is business!
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                                                                • Klen
                                                                  • Aug 2006
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                                                                  #17
                                                                  Originally posted by Vendzilla
                                                                  It's plain wrong to edit Samuel Clemens, he was my favorite author. reading some of his quotes are the best

                                                                  There's nobody for me to attack in this matter even with soft and gentle ridicule--and I shouldn't ever think of using a grown up weapon in this kind of a nursery. Above all, I couldn't venture to attack the clergymen whom you mention, for I have their habits and live in the same glass house which they are occupying. I am always reading immoral books on the sly, and then selfishly trying to prevent other people from having the same wicked good time.
                                                                  - Letter to Denver Post dated Aug. 14, 1902; also published in NY Tribune Aug. 22, 1902 (regarding banning of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from the Denver Library.)
                                                                  I like this one:
                                                                  I once sent a dozen of my friends a telegram saying 'flee at once - all is discovered.' They all left town immediately.

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                                                                    • Vendzilla
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                                                                      • Mar 2004
                                                                      • 23200
                                                                      #18
                                                                      Originally posted by KlenTelaris
                                                                      I like this one:
                                                                      I once sent a dozen of my friends a telegram saying 'flee at once - all is discovered.' They all left town immediately.
                                                                      He made so many newspapers remarks that there is a lot of stuff he wrote, I love most all of it
                                                                      Carbon is not the problem, it makes up 0.041% of our atmosphere , 95% of that is from Volcanos and decomposing plants and stuff. So people in the US are responsible for 13% of the carbon in the atmosphere which 95% is not from Humans, like cars and trucks and stuff and they want to spend trillions to fix it while Solar Panel plants are powered by coal plants
                                                                      think about that

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                                                                        • tiger
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                                                                          • Apr 2002
                                                                          • 6986
                                                                          #19
                                                                          It's about the same as the morons that want to add clothes or coverups to nude sculptures so you don't offend someone. I don't like the word anymore than anyone else but to go around editing books is really fucking stupid.

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                                                                            • Brad Mitchell
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                                                                              • Nov 2001
                                                                              • 9813
                                                                              #20
                                                                              Originally posted by tiger
                                                                              It's about the same as the morons that want to add clothes or coverups to nude sculptures so you don't offend someone. I don't like the word anymore than anyone else but to go around editing books is really fucking stupid.
                                                                              My thoughts exactly.

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                                                                                • CYF
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                                                                                  #21
                                                                                  yeah, let's get rid of everything we don't agree with. Let's not teach school kids about slavery, either.
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                                                                                    • Seth Manson
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                                                                                      • Jul 2010
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                                                                                      #22
                                                                                      Sorry but "Native American Joe" will never ever have the same meaning in the book and "Injun Joe"

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                                                                                        • CyberHustler
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                                                                                          • Feb 2006
                                                                                          • 29049
                                                                                          #23
                                                                                          What's the big deal?

                                                                                          All you weird whities complaining for nothing... don't worry, slavery will still be in our schools history books and black people will still blame slavery solely on you for your ancestors actions with no credit to their fellow blackies who sold them to you.

                                                                                          A big fucked up black and white clusterfuck that I'm happy not to be a part of.

                                                                                          Last edited by CyberHustler; 01-06-2011, 05:25 PM.
                                                                                          “If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he’ll empty his pockets for you.”

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                                                                                            • Chosen
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                                                                                              #24
                                                                                              It's just fucking stupid...

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                                                                                                • Seth Manson
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                                                                                                  • Jul 2010
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                                                                                                  #25
                                                                                                  Originally posted by NanoBot
                                                                                                  What's the big deal?

                                                                                                  All you weird whities complaining for nothing... don't worry, slavery will still be in our schools history books and black people will still blame slavery solely on you for your ancestors actions with no credit to their fellow blackies who sold them to you.

                                                                                                  A big fucked up black and white clusterfuck that I'm happy not to be a part of.

                                                                                                  Didnt your uncle just beat your ass?

                                                                                                  http://hqfights.com/media/518/uncle_beats_his_nephew

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                                                                                                    • SmokeyTheBear
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                                                                                                      • Jun 2004
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                                                                                                      #26
                                                                                                      Originally posted by Seth Manson
                                                                                                      Sorry but "Native American Joe" will never ever have the same meaning in the book and "Injun Joe"
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                                                                                                        • Cyber Fucker
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                                                                                                          • Sep 2005
                                                                                                          • 12642
                                                                                                          #27
                                                                                                          Now they remove the "N word" and change it to "slave" then they will remove the "S word" and they will change it to "Forced laborer" then they will actually say that there was some payment blah blah blah and finally after 100 or 200 years they will say there never was any slavery in the USA.

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                                                                                                            • Grapesoda
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                                                                                                              • Jul 2003
                                                                                                              • 46234
                                                                                                              #28
                                                                                                              Originally posted by SmokeyTheBear
                                                                                                              yes and Huck can be 'run away son of an Irish American share cropper'

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                                                                                                                • Grapesoda
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                                                                                                                  • Jul 2003
                                                                                                                  • 46234
                                                                                                                  #29
                                                                                                                  Originally posted by tiger
                                                                                                                  It's about the same as the morons that want to add clothes or coverups to nude sculptures so you don't offend someone. I don't like the word anymore than anyone else but to go around editing books is really fucking stupid.
                                                                                                                  the church

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                                                                                                                    • Agent 488
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                                                                                                                      • Feb 2006
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                                                                                                                      #30
                                                                                                                      slave please ....

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                                                                                                                        • XD2
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                                                                                                                          Does that mean Chris Rock and Dave Chappelle are giong to re-write their material also cause they be using that N word all the time. God damn racists.
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                                                                                                                            • CyberHustler
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                                                                                                                              • Feb 2006
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                                                                                                                              #32
                                                                                                                              Originally posted by Seth Manson
                                                                                                                              Didnt your uncle just beat your ass?

                                                                                                                              http://hqfights.com/media/518/uncle_beats_his_nephew
                                                                                                                              No, that dude was black... Stoopit.
                                                                                                                              “If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he’ll empty his pockets for you.”

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                                                                                                                                • TheDoc
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                                                                                                                                  • Jul 2001
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                                                                                                                                  #33
                                                                                                                                  Huckleberry Finn without Ninja's is going to be lame..

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                                                                                                                                    • 2MuchMark
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                                                                                                                                      • Aug 2004
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                                                                                                                                      #34
                                                                                                                                      Originally posted by Agent 488
                                                                                                                                      slave please ....

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                                                                                                                                        • Young
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                                                                                                                                          • Nov 2004
                                                                                                                                          • 10468
                                                                                                                                          #35
                                                                                                                                          Huck Finn was the first book to humanize black people. The smartest character in the book was black. This is stupid. Keep the N word in there. I read it in High School N word and all. Sure it was awkward...but it opened up a great discussion.
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                                                                                                                                            • nico-t
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                                                                                                                                              • Aug 2004
                                                                                                                                              • 29901
                                                                                                                                              #36
                                                                                                                                              somehow this:

                                                                                                                                              remove the word “nigga” from new editions of the Mark Twain classic, replacing it with “slave.”

                                                                                                                                              sounds alot more offending, comes over to me as 'well every nigge.r was a slave so just call it all slaves

                                                                                                                                              on a serious note, i dont find this surprising. The US is the western world leader in censorship - blocking boobs and beeping out cursing on tv, luckily here the gov hasnt done that... yet. But since we keep following the US like a lap dog i think it will be a matter of time.

                                                                                                                                              by the way, is that what seriously happens also? Putting clothes / covering up statues of naked people? Completely crazy.

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                                                                                                                                                • Machete_
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                                                                                                                                                  #37
                                                                                                                                                  Originally posted by tiger
                                                                                                                                                  It's about the same as the morons that want to add clothes or coverups to nude sculptures so you don't offend someone. I don't like the word anymore than anyone else but to go around editing books is really fucking stupid.
                                                                                                                                                  Ancient Greeks didn't consider a man to be nude unless the head of his penis was exposed (uncircumcised dick = non nude).

                                                                                                                                                  makes sense actually.

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                                                                                                                                                    • Sid70
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                                                                                                                                                      • Dec 2002
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                                                                                                                                                      #38
                                                                                                                                                      Did you mean Huckleberry Finn or Blackberry Phone?
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                                                                                                                                                        • John-ACWM
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                                                                                                                                                          #39
                                                                                                                                                          Why don' rewrite the whole book....stupid.

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