[Portnoy]

Funny. If they would just READ the frickin book, maybe they'd understand the whole point of the novel...

Although Jim is referred to as Nigger Jim throughout the story, it not until the end of the book, when Huck finally realizes that Jim is a man like any other man, does he refer to him as just plain "Jim".

[Paul Atreides]

It is the same with Gone With The Wind. Melanie was about the only white person that had any virtue. However, just look at Mammy, Big Sam, and Pork. Yet, they zero in on Prissy, whose worst offense was telling a lie about delivering babies.

[TopQuark]

If they would just READ the frickin book, maybe they'd understand the whole point of the novel... You are correct. If people truly read classics and appreciated the beauty of the language, their vocabularies would be wide enough not to resort to swearing. They would also be civil enough not to do so on a public forum. YOu are so correct on this issue, Portnoy.

[jude24]

Funny how they're going after the most eloquent criticism of racism ever written.