There's been a lot of talk lately about the new version of Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn. In case you haven't heard, the word "nigger" has been removed and replaced with the word "slave."
While the "N" word is certainly offensive, removing it from literature is just plain wrong. It's censorship--pure and simple. You don't revise history. Period. And this book IS history.
Read Sean Ferrell's blog. He states his case pretty darn well.
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Wonder if it's even legal? Since the copyright rests with Twain, or at least his heirs.
And also, the thought behind it is not very clever, is it. This way, you change history. Because back in the day, that is how people spoke, and wouldn't it be better to know that than deny it?
I'm a little shocked that this really happens.
Seems oddly like putting fig leaves on Michelangelo's David.
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