tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8541215231205999960.post7534899283351687431..comments2023-09-22T04:46:38.949-07:00Comments on Leaves of the Palm: The Huck Finn ControversyEdward F. Palmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17578191336930881507noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8541215231205999960.post-53261309453899344222011-01-12T17:09:55.486-08:002011-01-12T17:09:55.486-08:00Thanks for bringing the John Stewart segment to my...Thanks for bringing the John Stewart segment to my attention. It's great. I only hope that Professor Gribben saw it. --EFPEdward F. Palmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17578191336930881507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8541215231205999960.post-7371420850461374952011-01-12T16:19:01.754-08:002011-01-12T16:19:01.754-08:00Jon stewart show ii jan 2011
http://www.thedailysh...Jon stewart show ii jan 2011<br />http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-january-11-2011/mark-twain-controversy?xrs=eml_tdsb w wicksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8541215231205999960.post-78469274407535620752011-01-10T18:04:33.994-08:002011-01-10T18:04:33.994-08:00Well said, Ed! The bowdlerizing of texts such as ...Well said, Ed! The bowdlerizing of texts such as Huck Finn is disturbing not only because it distorts the evils of the past but because it disguises the evils of the present. We're not a race-blind society today, not by a long shot, and you can't pretend we are by expunging words from works of literature.J. David Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00499792076455078070noreply@blogger.com