Kent, that was classic--makes a most telling point. Now we can revise Catcher in the Rye, Howl, I Know Why the Caged Birds Sing etc. to ensure little ears don't burn. Then we can get to James Baldwin etc. as well-- Dr. Wesley Britton www.spywise.net Co-host, Dave White Presents www.audioentertainment.org/dwp ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kent_Rasmussen" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2011 1:33 PM Subject: Re: a new Adventures of Huckleberry Finn > Like that of many others posting on this subject, my first reaction to th= > is > news was one of astonishment. However, after giving the matter further > thought, I wonder if it wouldn=92t be better to carry the revision of > _Huckleberry Finn_ even further. And, I=92m happy to report, I=92m ready = > to > help. About sixteen years ago, just for fun, I started to rewrite the boo= > k > myself, with the idea of publishing it as _The Politically Correct (but > Wrecked) Adventures of Huckleberry Finn_. To provide some of the flavor o= > f > my 100% non-offensive text, here=92s my version of Pap=92s drunken diatri= > be. > (Note, by the way, how neatly it handles the uncomfortable matter of > substituting =93slave=94 for the uncomfortable word that begins with the = > letter > following M in the alphabet.) > > "Oh, yes, we have wonderful institutions! How's this for an example: I he= > ard > of a free African American from Ohio who dressed better than any European= > > American in town. He even had a gold watch and chain and silver-headed ca= > ne. > Oh yes, he was quite the dandy. What's more, they said he was a multiling= > ual > college professor with a vast repertoire of knowledge. That was bad enoug= > h. > When they said he could vote in his home state, that was too much. What, = > I > wondered, is our country coming to? Well, it happened to be election day = > and > I would have gone to vote myself, if I been in a condition to get there > safely, but when I heard that there's a state which actually lets a perso= > n > of color vote, I stopped and said that I would never vote again. Those ar= > e > my exact words--everyone heard me. Why, the country can founder for all I= > > care. And to think of the presumption of that man--why, he wouldn't have > conceded my right-of-way unless I pushed him aside! When I asked why he > wasn't sold back into involuntary servitude, do you know what people said= > ? > That he couldn't be sold unless he spent six months in the state. How's t= > hat > for an example of our government institutions? Pretty sad, if you ask me.= > "=20 > =09=09=09=09=09=09=09=09 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.449 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3359 - Release Date: 01/04/11 19:34:00