"The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right." ~ Mark Twain ~
Posted on 01/03/2011 7:16:53 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
It’s a sad day when political correctness trumps classic literature.
Oh brother! Next up, Showboat.
Mark Twain is rolling his eyes in his grave.
Why do these people want to improve the image of such folk? Are they terminally stupid or what!
It’s time to burn the books!
Just ban it altogether. To butcher it removes the true meaning of the story’s. This is from Australia? They’re the most un pc people you will ever meet
1984 plus Fahrenheit 451
Just what the world needs—”African-American Jim” and “Native-American Joe!”
I did not see the movie, but I heard that in the Demi Moore version of Scarlet Letter, Hester Prynne runs away with Dimmsdale.
Also, a remake of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has Jim crossing the river into freedom.
This was the job of Winston Smith in “1984”, to go back into the archives and re-write them to match the current needs and beliefs of INGSOC. In Fahrenheit 451, books (and anything in print) were illegal, the TV and radio statements of the government could never be refuted using references, only memory.
And due to copyright issues, Free Republic can no longer archive the original versions of news stories (but individuals can archive them as long as they don’t put the article online).
I’m in a dark mood, I hope I am not seeing where this is all going.
SACRILEGE!!!
Excellent point!
At least at Williamsburg we can see how slaves were treated.
Just re-read both books.
Actually it’s a move that will put both wonderful stories into circulation again and that’s not so bad for kids, especially boys. The originals will still be there for adults.
Something’s going to have to be done about “gay,” too. For the same reason. And Jim calling the boys “honey.”
George Carlin’s 7 words you can never say publicly are now part of the language. Replaced by other words.
"The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right." ~ Mark Twain ~
Then it’s not Mark Twain. It’s some PC (insert word). We’ll have to go to Canada to buy an original print version.
You can say Nigga in popular culture, but not the word that ends with -er. WTF is the diff?
What about N***** Jim? I always thought he was a good guy. He helped Huck survive on the island and kept him from seeing the dead guy in the floating house.
I love Sam Clemens. If I ever had kids I would have given all of them the middle name Langhorne.
Exactly! I predict that eventually, out of a mix of political correctness and esteem-building, all references to slavery will be removed from history, at which point it will be impossible to claim that the Confederacy was racist.
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