• New Edition of Huckleberry Finn will not Contain the N-Word
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[QUOTE=General_Xing;27201928]its considered a hate crime last time i checked if you break crimes its considered a criminal offence[/QUOTE] Saying "Nigger" is not considered a hate crime. Depending on the context in can be extremely offensive and ignorant, but in no way criminal. Where the hell do you get this stuff?
[QUOTE=General_Xing;27201192]the sooner people stop talking about racism, the sooner it ends i dont see how you can call this a good thing[/QUOTE] Racism is never going to end: ever. If you think otherwise you need to pull your head out of your ass.
[QUOTE=mysteryman;27201997]Racism is never going to end: ever. If you think otherwise you need to pull your head out of your ass.[/QUOTE] yeah you can stop it though
I can picture the book changing "Nigger Jim" to "Jim the African American Man"
[QUOTE=General_Xing;27201928]its considered a hate crime last time i checked if you break crimes its considered a criminal offence[/QUOTE] Uh, no it's not. It's not at all. If it were, it would be a direct violation of the first amendment; stop being an idiot.
[QUOTE=superdinoman;27201968]Hey bro I asked before for you guys not to post his picture and to merely add Fadi to friends as he is lonely and needs friends. Terrible attempts at trolling, terrible counter arguments. I can only conclude you are still in your early to mid teens and think you are somehow clever or funny with extremely stupid remarks. Good luck in life with that attitude bro Im sure it will take you places. Especially with idiosyncratic views on how the world works.[/QUOTE] yeah nice try if i looked like that i would lie too
[QUOTE=thisispain;27201951]not really a notable event, it won't be in schools and it is akin to having an edited version of the godfather on tv[/QUOTE] 50% of the time we spent studying Huckleberry Finn was disclaimers about the language, and talking about the controversy surrounding the language.
[QUOTE=General_Xing;27202021]yeah you can stop it though[/QUOTE] But you can never end it.
[QUOTE=General_Xing;27202021]yeah you can stop it though[/QUOTE] I don't understand how using the word Nigger in a book where it was originally written, and where it was a word that was commonly used in context, is going to keep racism alive. The whole point is how Huck percieves the racial gap, it's a commentary on racism, it in no way advocates it.
I'm offended by people that don't speak the same language as me. Re-write everything in English.
[QUOTE=General_Xing;27202028]yeah nice try if i looked like that i would lie too[/QUOTE] Im telling Fadi you made fun of him, he is so gonna cuss you out man. :downs: [QUOTE=David29;27202064]I'm offended by people that don't speak the same language as me. Re-write everything in English.[/QUOTE] Seems to be the common view in todays world.
[QUOTE=Canuhearme?;27202031]50% of the time we spent studying Huckleberry Finn was disclaimers about the language, and talking about the controversy surrounding the language.[/QUOTE] they should just stop all that bullshit shakespere literacy and use texts from this century
[QUOTE=General_Xing;27202069]they should just stop all that bullshit shakespere literacy and use texts from this century[/QUOTE] I think this confirms a troll.
[QUOTE=General_Xing;27202069]they should just stop all that bullshit shakespere literacy and use texts from this century[/QUOTE] well I'm doing medieval literature personally, it kind of makes sense to do shakespeare then.
I hate those zealous defenders of Political correctness. I remember getting detention for saying that not all Nazis were bad and that they make scientific discoveries that would have helped many a man, but thanks to the idiocy of the Allies, most of those discoveries became glowing embers [editline]5th January 2011[/editline] holy fuck that is a lot of posts in such a short time
[QUOTE=Canuhearme?;27202031]50% of the time we spent studying Huckleberry Finn was disclaimers about the language, and talking about the controversy surrounding the language.[/QUOTE] well i fortunately didn't have a shitty teacher so we talked 100% of the time about the themes of the book
[QUOTE=That_Crazy_Gman;27202106]I hate those zealous defenders of Political correctness. I remember getting detention for saying that not all Nazis were bad and that they make scientific discoveries that would have helped many a man, but thanks to the idiocy of the Allies, most of those discoveries became glowing embers [editline]5th January 2011[/editline] holy fuck that is a lot of posts in such a short time[/QUOTE] The Nazis were probably the worst thing in history.
[QUOTE=General_Xing;27202069]they should just stop all that bullshit shakespere literacy and use texts from this century[/QUOTE] You're fucking insane
Welp. Time to quit reading.
[QUOTE=David29;27202064]I'm offended by people that don't speak the same language as me. Re-write everything in English.[/QUOTE] its translating genius
[QUOTE=That_Crazy_Gman;27202106]not all Nazis were bad and that they make scientific discoveries that would have helped many a man[/QUOTE] anyone who identified as a nazi was pretty bad there's a difference between nazi and german
[QUOTE=General_Xing;27202120]The Nazis were probably the worst thing in history.[/QUOTE] maybe, but you can't just whitewash the good. We don't like it when they whitewash the bad that the modern military do.
[QUOTE=General_Xing;27202120]The Nazis were probably the worst thing in history.[/QUOTE] Well you're sure sounding simmilar to the Nazis, rewrite everything to "acceptable" standards and make everyone speak English. Yeah sure is a good idea bro.
Stop replying to General_xing If you haven't noticed it by now, he's just intentionally doing this.
I read Huckleberry Finn when I was 5, and it taught me a lot about that time period.
[QUOTE=mysteryman;27202158]Stop replying to General_xing If you haven't noticed it by now, he's just intentionally doing this.[/QUOTE] hows that
The fucking point of the book was to satirize racism and poke holes in it, by removing nigger from the text they're dismantling the very goal of the novel.
Slave stole my bike!
[QUOTE=General_Xing;27202174]hows that[/QUOTE] this guy (xing) added my friend and tried to sell him steam accounts he probably stole
[QUOTE=Big Dumb American;27201130]It's a social commentary for fuck's sake. Racism is a central theme in [i]Huckleberry Finn[/i]! why the hell would you censor such a brilliant and enlightening book? Twain was a hundred years ahead of his time! This is completely unacceptable, and the worst bit of it is that the censored version is the one most likely to end up in schools. Twain's rolling in grave.[/QUOTE] eh, as far as white to black racism yes he was ahead of his time still loved to call muslims and arabs dirty and brutish and greedy, though!
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