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Robotic Huck Finn
So, for those who haven’t heard, Twain scholar Alan Gribben and NewSouth Books plan on releasing a version of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn with a couple of replacements. The book has been banned for the use of the words “nigger” and “Injun” from many libraries and schools. Gribben wants to replace both of those words, the N-word with the word “slave” and In-word with “Indian”. Basically, he wants to make a PC Huck because people seem to be unable to face some very uncomfortable truths about our history and the way people treated each other back then based solely on skin color. Essentially, teachers feel that the cannot teach…
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In Time for Valentine’s Day
Now, I’m not usually a terribly sappy person, but I have to say, I rather like the idea of Valentine’s Day. It’s a time to say, “I like us” and I think that “us” can be friends, family, or a significant other. Now, I don’t particularly have a significant other this year, but that really means little in the grand scheme of things. I’d rather be single than unhappy or unhealthy with another person. Here are some of my favorite things for sappy. (Just so you know, the Neil Gaiman one isn’t your traditional love story, it is from the brilliant mind of Mr. Neil Gaiman after all.) My favorite…