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Ain't no niggers in here.
Topic Started: Jan 4 2011, 06:43 PM (1,313 Views)
Jolly
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Geaux Tigers!
Should the word be deleted from perhaps the best American novel ever written?

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/01/04/132652272/new-edition-of-huckleberry-finn-will-eliminate-offensive-words?sc=fb&cc=fp
The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States.- George Soros
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Mikhailoh
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
Sigh.
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Copper
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Shortstop

Sooner or later the whole world will stand up and say enough.

This is part of that.

It may not be the straw that breaks the back, but it is definitely a straw.

As the poet said "nigger, nigger, nigger".


The Confederate soldier was peculiar in that he was ever ready to fight, but never ready to submit to the routine duty and discipline of the camp or the march. The soldiers were determined to be soldiers after their own notions, and do their duty, for the love of it, as they thought best. Carlton McCarthy
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dolmansaxlil
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HOLY CARP!!!

Oh for the love of Pete.

Bloody ridiculous.
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Horace
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HOLY CARP!!!
Now the board index is NSFW. :eek:
As a good person, I implore you to do as I, a good person, do. Be good. Do NOT be bad. If you see bad, end bad. End it in yourself, and end it in others. By any means necessary, the good must conquer the bad. Good people know this. Do you know this? Are you good?
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Larry
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Mmmmmmm, pie!
I'll bet they won't remove the term "cracker" from anything...

Or "injun"...

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Piano*Dad
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You guys seem to have missed the earlier thread, and now it has slipped to page 2.

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What is a word worth? According to Publishers Weekly, NewSouth Books’ upcoming edition of Mark Twain’s seminal novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn will remove all instances of the “n” word—I’ll give you a hint, it’s not nonesuch—present in the text and replace it with slave. The new book will also remove usage of the word Injun.
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ivorythumper
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
Larry
Jan 4 2011, 07:27 PM
I'll bet they won't remove the term "cracker" from anything...

Saltines is the biggest offender...
The dogma lives loudly within me.
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Piano*Dad
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Bull-Carp
Arrr, arrrr, arrrrrrr.
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Larry
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Mmmmmmm, pie!
So does that mean they'll be eliminating the term "whitey" or "blue eyed devil", or "short dick"? ......
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Jolly
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Piano*Dad
Jan 4 2011, 07:35 PM
You guys seem to have missed the earlier thread, and now it has slipped to page 2.

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What is a word worth? According to Publishers Weekly, NewSouth Books’ upcoming edition of Mark Twain’s seminal novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn will remove all instances of the “n” word—I’ll give you a hint, it’s not nonesuch—present in the text and replace it with slave. The new book will also remove usage of the word Injun.
Either way, it;s a load of horse puckey.

Let the book stand as written.
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The 89th Key
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pwn3d!!!1
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Jolly
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Geaux Tigers!
Yeah, but your title lacks my panache....
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KlavierBauer
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HOLY CARP!!!
I'm with Jolly on that one.

Levar Burton retweeted a hilarious tweet earlier today on this subject:

"Brilliant! RT @rustyrockets I'm editing the words "Huckleberry Finn" out of all my NWA albums."
(for those unfamiliar with Twitter - Levar Burton is saying "Brilliant!" to the words that @rustyrockets tweeted moments before, about his NWA albums).
Made me laugh.
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Mikhailoh
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:lol2:
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Piano*Dad
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Bull-Carp
I had to look up NWA .... such a dweeb am I.
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Mikhailoh
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
:lol2:
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brenda
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..............
Piano*Dad
Jan 6 2011, 06:00 AM
I had to look up NWA .... such a dweeb am I.
+1 You're not the only one, PD.
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George K
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Finally
brenda
Jan 6 2011, 07:45 AM
Piano*Dad
Jan 6 2011, 06:00 AM
I had to look up NWA .... such a dweeb am I.
+1 You're not the only one, PD.
Not by a longshot.
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jon-nyc
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Cheers
Somehow, I knew who NWA was.
In my defense, I was left unsupervised.
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brenda
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jon-nyc
Jan 6 2011, 08:07 AM
Somehow, I knew who NWA was.
Jon, it's not a 'who' here. (Yes, that line reminds me of Seuss. :lol: )
“Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.”
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John D'Oh
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MAMIL
I assumed he was talking about the airline.

To be less hip than someone who's appeared in Star Trek:TNG is a very bad thing.
What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket?
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ZOOOOOM!
John D'Oh
Jan 6 2011, 08:10 AM
I assumed he was talking about the airline.

To be less hip than someone who's appeared in Star Trek:TNG is a very bad thing.
Excluding Wil Wheaton.

He's still pretty awesome.
I cite irreconcilable differences.
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Mikhailoh
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jon-nyc
Jan 6 2011, 08:07 AM
Somehow, I knew who NWA was.
I am familiar with the term as well. Also the group.
Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball
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KlavierBauer
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HOLY CARP!!!
AL: Dude - they're all awesome - all have done some really hilarious stuff since TNG, and all are really interesting people. Michael Dorn is a riot, as is Patrick Steward. Levar Burton was Kunta Kinte in Roots - and the guy who made reading cool to most of us 20-30 somethings with the Reading Rainbow.
Have you seen the episode of Family Guy with the entire TNG cast? It's an absolute riot!
I'm a big WilW fan, and enjoy following him on Twitter, and via his radio burrito podcasts.

As for NWA - I love Eazy-E, and used to be an NWA fan. Still have a lot of their stuff. People forget this was the jumping off point for West Coast rap, and where household names like Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, and Eazy-E got their start.
Even if you don't know who they are, everyone in this thread knows what the "N" in "NWA" stands for. The "W" and the "A" stand for "With Attitudes."

Back to your regularly scheduled thread...
"I realize you want him to touch you all over and give you babies, but his handling of the PR side really did screw the pooch." - Ivory Thumper
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