You won't see Dick Tracy cartoons either. With Hemlock Holmes, Jo Jitsu, and Go Go Gomez. Forget
about seeing Speedy Gonzalez ever again.
--- Ed Leafe <ed /at/ leafe D.O.T com> wrote:
> On May 31, 2006, at 8:35 AM, MB Software Solutions General Account
> wrote:
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> > Regarding the cartoons, I see why they do it--perhaps so no one
> > feels slighted, but it's a shame too of a sort that the classics
> > are no longer the original they once were. I didn't turn into a
> > racist and I doubt my son would have if he had seen the unedited
> > versions that I saw 20-25 years ago.
>
> It's like the people who want to re-write Huck Finn because of the
> racist language. Never mind that that book captured a snapshot of
> life in America, where such things were considered 'normal'. Most
> kids wouldn't even notice it, anyways, and if they do, a simple
> explanation about people being ignorant then, but we know better now,
> usually does the trick. If you teach them well, a couple of silly
> references aren't going to twist their brains around.
>
> > I say "get rid of that political correctness crap!!!!"
>
> The sooner the better!
>
>
> -- Ed Leafe
> -- http://leafe.com
> -- http://dabodev.com
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