The idea that an author's work would be chopped up, even to excise 4 sentences, is worse than what those sentences could contain if the work is a classic (which it is).
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
Camus.
- 17/01/2010 06:13:40 AM
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I'm starting L'Etranger, but it's going to take me the semester to read it.
- 17/01/2010 07:14:08 AM
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Reading in French? *NM*
- 17/01/2010 08:08:33 AM
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Yeah. Although the edition we're reading took out 4 "objectionable sentences." 
- 17/01/2010 09:04:03 PM
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- 17/01/2010 09:04:03 PM
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That's dumb. Who gave you that edition and what could be so bad about those sentences?
- 17/01/2010 09:18:39 PM
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They "might cause embarrasment in the classroom."
- 18/01/2010 09:46:34 PM
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I'm really curious now which four sentences, though it's been a while since I read the book. *NM*
- 18/01/2010 10:03:50 PM
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Imagine how I feel. I'm hoping they at least make a mention of where they took it out. *NM*
- 19/01/2010 01:13:10 AM
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I agree that no censorship should be countenanced.
- 18/01/2010 11:18:31 PM
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I read a short story by Camus...
- 18/01/2010 09:23:40 PM
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