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To: Stoat
Thank you for posting the link to the Detroit News.

Huckleberry Finn is a classic, and should not be banned. As the little girl in the DN article said, there are books in the school library with worse words.

36 posted on 11/03/2006 7:23:37 PM PST by Theresawithanh (Every time I hear the word "exercise", I wash my mouth out with chocolate.)
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To: Theresawithanh
 
Thank you for posting the link to the Detroit News.

You're quite welcome and I'm delighted that you found it to be helpful.

Huckleberry Finn is a classic, and should not be banned. As the little girl in the DN article said, there are books in the school library with worse words.

I'm guessing that the vast majority of the books that she refers to do not have anywhere near the overall literary quality, cultural relevance or classic timelessness that Huckleberry Finn does.

I'm wondering how many books are in her school's library that refer to white people as "honkies" or  'Crackers" , or refer to Jews or Christians in unkind, mean and shocking ways yet those books are celebrated by the Left as being "important protest works authored by brave and oppressed minorities"?

228 posted on 11/04/2006 9:36:57 PM PST by Stoat (Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
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