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[fireun]

 otterdance  has an excellent discussion on the editing of Huck Finn.

When we get to the point where we are editing works of literature that reflect a period we are really missing the point of writing. And reading. Have dialog with your students instead of washing over anything that could inspire discussion. We aren't teaching at this point if we take away anything there is to teach. Editing works to fit modern asinine feelings of what is and is not appropriate is a failure of gross proportions to take something of value from these works, even if that value is nothing more than a discussion of why a certain word/topic/idea is offensive/hurtful/inappropriate. We cannot learn and grow if we merely decide to wash things away.

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[libwitch.livejournal.com]

The only thing that surprises me (sadly) is that this is NEWS to some people - its been done before. Perhaps not in this format. But movie/tv adaptions have been edited; and since the book has been banned many many times for this very reason, logic only follows that this would happen.

I am not saying it is right, but society is actually THIS STUPID.

[fireun.livejournal.com]

I know. *hangs head*