Old versions of the NIV are OK, but the current version has been made 'politically correct' at the cost of accuracy.
Gender-neutral NIV revision announced; Bible society drops translation accord
Jan 28, 2002
By Art Toalston
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--A Jan. 28 news release announcing a "Today's New International Version" of the Bible reports that the TNIV entails a "7 percent change" from the widely used New International Version, or NIV, published by the International Bible Society and Zondervan.
http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=12625
Oh, certainly. I was thinking about the "old" NIV since it is still referred to that way even by the IBS (I regard TNIV as an entirely different translation from my POV and frankly, I don't like it with the reasons you said).