[Joan Kerrey]

"We want to be sensitive to how the children feel," said Lynette Sutton,

Simple, re-write and re-issue a version for schools.
This could be done with most of the great novels and we'd put an end to this nonsensical bickering and at the same time spare our children's sensitivities. /sarc off

[Stoat]

"We want to be sensitive to how the children feel," said Lynette Sutton,

Simple, re-write and re-issue a version for schools.
This could be done with most of the great novels and we'd put an end to this nonsensical bickering and at the same time spare our children's sensitivities. /sarc off

HeHe!  I have no doubt that this will eventually happen, particularly considering the fact that there is already ample precedent:

• School history books have long (and rightfully) been the target of criticism due to their intentional political biases and patterned omissions.
• Classic movies have been altered in order to 'improve' marketing options (the Colorization of black and white films) as well as to appeal to Leftist political sensibilities (the removal of the guns and their replacement with walkie-talkies from the hands of the policemen in "E.T: The Extra-Terrestrial"....an entire South Park episode was constructed around this.)

I'm sure that many more examples of such manipulations abound.

[sonic109]

Ok , do we have an email addy for Lynette Sutton ? I meed to write her ASAP