I think it's a mistake. This isn't just a classic novel, it also chronicles the times in which it was written. This is whitewashing, and it promotes ignorance.
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It was a very comman word back in those days.If they want to change all the classic books such as "Gone with the Wind" and "Uncle Tom's Cabin" I wish them the best of luck
They use alot of words in both of those books beside the N word.I think people need to find something else to do then go around changing words in books there whole life it is such a waste of time.
If you count a bunch of broadcasters voluntarily deciding to not use the version of the song with ****** and play the band's other version as "censorship".
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A juvenal prank.
but yes, the government isn't the only thing can can censor people
EDIT: in this case, it was a ruling from a non-governmental institution that, though volentarilly, determines what is fit for Canadian radio broadcast:
I'm a pretty liberal guy, and I adore Mark Twain. I broke up with an ex once because they didn't know who Mark Twain was; not just hadn't read him, but had never heard of him, at all.
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Oh please, just because Americans overrate their "authors" as they live in a land unable to produce even a shred of art, if they were given it and just had to not **** it up. I'm sure Mark Twain sounds great compared to such giants as Michael Bay, but coming from the country that produced Goethe and Mozart, you must forgive that he is all but forgettable, if it wasn't for his outrageous use of racial slurs.
Given the time and context of the book, I have no problem with keeping the word in there, and I'm a bit disappointed. It's a period piece, and that was a part of America's history, no matter how ugly it was, so there's no point in whitewashing it. To Kill A Mockingbird was one of my favorite books as a kid and still is to this day. Are they going to redact the entire trial, all of the insults hurled at Atticus, and essentially destroy the plot of the story in order to be retroactively politically correct? This was probably organized by the same people that had the hilarious idea to have a symbolic funeral for the N word a couple years back. As a black man it's kind of embarrassing, frankly. I'm not defined by some antiquated term. I define myself through my actions and character.
because an institution made some pronouncement that choosing otherwise violates the self imposed standards of Canadian broadcasting
they chose because they were told to choose otherwise is unacceptable
I'm not saying it is akin to gvt censorship, and like I said above, I had originally confused the Broadcast Council ruling with a court ruling. However, it is a form of institutional censorship, or at least, a form of enforced conformity that is essentially identical in practice. lol, there are still stations playing it uncensored, lol, I only really mentioned it as an aside
You've answered your own criticism. No matter your opinion of him, he is uniquely American -southern American. He is a pervasive literary and cultural figure, which even in your far advanced nation, is known. I didn't say he was Plato or Paine, I said I adored him. I also adore David Sedaris, but that doesn't mean I inncorrectly think he is Marx. There's a reason we're made to read his books in the 5th and 6th grade. But, if it makes you feel any better, I won't dump you, because at least you've heard of him.
you mean the country you were from happened to be the culturally dominant one in the time we hold as some "enlightened age", sort of like the Greeks and the Rennisance?
Twain deserves his praises, if for nothing other than quotations
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Lol, sorry, I was making an outrageous statement for comedy. I'm actually quite fond of Mark Twain. My father is a big fan and suggested to me to read Tom Sawyer at an early age (a German translation, of course) and I have enjoyed him since then.
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