As HarryT's above link to the BBC and this link (
http://www.katu.com/news/national/112939594.html ) from an Associated Press report posted on a Portland TV website says, "..."Huck Finn" is the fourth most banned book in schools, according to "Banned in the U.S.A." by Herbert N. Foerstal, a retired college librarian who has written several books on First Amendment issues." So Harry's option to remove the book from all school libraries is close to happening already, despite some posters disbelief that this could happen. It is a travesty that a man (Twain) that chose his words very deliberately and carefully, in this case to expose a societies shortcomings and to applaud a young boys enlightenment, will now be edited to conform to todays standards. I hope they sell zero books.
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Originally Posted by Iphinome
There is nothing wrong with being politically correct now, it shows some manners.
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There is
everything wrong with being politically correct. The term itself implies a condition imposed by others against your better judgement. It shows a sheep mentality which "goes with the flow." It implies a weak willed wuss that doesn't have enough backbone to have any principles of their own, right or wrong as they may be. It leads to ridiculous and outrageous situations such as banning books.