tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511760081545958503.post427457234229834227..comments2024-03-28T11:22:29.976-07:00Comments on Browsing Room: The Lightning Bug and the LightningMantorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14929093120683045114noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511760081545958503.post-86265631729661683632011-01-06T09:47:47.715-08:002011-01-06T09:47:47.715-08:00The argument they've been using is that school...The argument they've been using is that schools refuse to let the book be taught, since it has the n-word in it. Isn't it better to have it taught in a censored form than not taught at all?<br /><br />Well, no.<br /><br />No it's not better.<br /><br />You don't solve the problem by bending to censors. You solve the problem by getting people to understand the book in the first place. If people are so closed minded as to want to dismiss the book because of language alone, then maybe they themselves need to go back to high school and take a few more courses.<br /><br />That said, Twain would be eating this up with a spoon. Anything to sell more copies of his book--he was all about the Benjamins, and this is a great ploy to mint some more.brycemoorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16551239249927256935noreply@blogger.com