This is so on the money, Elizabeth. We are going to PC ourselves into  
pre-literacy.

-- Stephan

On 18 Feb 2008, at 15:32, [log in to unmask] wrote:

> Furthermore, banning words like niggardly shows an apalling  
> ignorance of the English language and is just inexcusable.
>
> Another thing - banning books (like Huckleberry Finn) because the N  
> word is printed in it, and high school students will, therefore,   
> think it's ok to use that word, is ridiculous.  If that were true,  
> it would be necessary to ban Shakespeare as well, as there are  
> references to unseemly behavior in his works as well.


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