>>>>>http://www.cnn.com/2011/SHOWBIZ/01/04/new.huck.finn.ew/index.html
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>>>>Seems that some idiots don't understand that "nigger" was a common word at that time.
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>>>That doesn't make it an acceptable word. Slavery was common at one time. Women not being allowed to vote was common at one time. Children being put to work in sweatshops was common at one time, and still is in some places. Aren't we meant to evolve?
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>>>One thing that should be said is I don't know whether Mark Twain himself was a racist. Writers put things in characters' mouths all the time that do not represent their personal views. Their purpose is to tell a story. Depending on how you feel about "Moby Dick," TAOHF is considered the greatest American novel yet written.
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>>One of the more popular tourist sites in Hartford is the Mark Twain home/museum. I have visited several times. It is on a piece of property adjoining Harriet Beecher Stow's home. If you believe the biography told at the museum, Mark Twain was certainly NOT a racist. In fact he abhored slavery and the unequal treatment of sections of humanity and he used his writings to express those views.
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>>Ken
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>Exactly. It's why the language, tone, and context is so important in his writings.

Yeah, well what about that Swift guy that wanted to eat Irish babies !!! HUH??? I don't care what anyone says, I will take the courageous stand that eating Irish babies is just *WRONG* !!!

( and I'm pretty sure they guy was a racist too. I don't know what Brobdingnagian means, exactly, but it sounds *BAD* )