Censorship? Just Peachy!

So... Censorship. In my completely hosest opinion, it sucks ass. And you know what? I'm not going to censor that, or anything else. Do you know why?

Because censorship bites!

No matter, I am not here to talk about how it bites, and I am also not here to spout profanity (although, I may have to to emphasize some points)... I am here to talk about some idiots censoring the "n-word" in Huckleberry Finn. You know what? It's obsurd.
It's a book a man wrote a long, long time ago. Like, over 120 years ago! When the word was "appropriate for everyday use" or wahatever. You know what? I say get over it! It is a word. Used in a book.
Apparently, they replace the "n-word" with "slave." Uh, okay.

They (meaning the people who censored it in the first place) are thinking "Oh, little childeren read this book! No profanity!" First off, little kids don't read this book. It's older ones, who should be mature enough the read that damn word. Seriously. Young kids shouldn't be reading huge books anyways.

You want to censor The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn? Well, it's not a profound book. How about Fifty Shades of Gray? Or Fifty Shades Darker? They do not censor words in those books out because it's mature adults that read explicit books like that.

So anyway.. Some more thoughts on this article:.

Eleventh graders Melvin Efesoa, Joseph Jaurdio and Ryan Farrell are confronting the controversial word and their feelings about it.


"I feel that that word is in there for a reason. Twain put the word in there to get our attention. And every time we read it, it does exactly that. It gets our attention," Farrell told Pitts.


"If you replace that with the word slave, of course people would be less bothered, but I think Twain wants people to be a little bit bothered," Jaurdio said.


"Melvin, you smiled," Pitts remarked, while interviewing the students.


"I smiled because like I just kind of think that constant use (of) the N-word, and to me, it feels unnecessary," Efesoa said.


"Why? What is it about this word?" Pitts asked.


"It reflects on African-American history back then. And like I said, it's a history that nobody wants to relive," Efesoa said.


"Do you think the discomfort starts and stops with the N-word? Or the discomfort extends to a conversation about race?" Pitts asked NewSouth Books' Randall Williams.


"In this specific instance, it is the word itself that is the problem. People are not comin' up sayin', 'Well, we can't teach this book because it's got discussion about slavery.' What they're sayin' is 'We can't teach the book because it's got all these repetitive instances of the offensive N-word in there, and therefore, we're not gonna use it,'" he replied.

Those boys sure are right.
How would you like your favorite book, or another well-loved book in America to be reprinted just to get rid of "Offensive language?" Or worse, If it looked like this:
I sat down on the porch looking out over the yard. I saw my friend, running from a dog. What an Idiot! (idiot)
I laughed as he made his way to me. "Shut up,(shut up) dude," he yelled.
Or, even this: jkfjaf sdasdfasf and adsad  me, sfsfsfsfdf.
Okay, maybe that's a lttle outrageuos. But you get the point.

Censorship? More like Censorshit.

That's SatireTastic. Woop-dee-do. (song!)

So, my English class is supposed to make a satire-song thingy. This is going to be fun. Soooo....

The is going to loosly be based on "No Handlebars" by the Flobots. And by "loosly" based, I mean it's going to have the same format and kind of same tone.. You'll see. It's going to be a parody. Also, I think in the future I'll do one of these about swallowing my gum.

Mine's about Driving. From permits to licenses to crashes. Yup.

Here we go:

No Headlights On

These people drive their cars with no headlights on

no headlights on

no headlights on

 

I don't know 'bout you but..

I can't drive a car with no headlights on

no headlights on

no headlights on

 

~Verse one~

Look at me, look at me

Hands on 10 and 2 like its good to go and

DRIVE

And I'm a decent driver,

Even when the road's all squiggly

I can show y'all how to turn right

I can show y'all how to do a U-turn

I can take apart the engine block

And I can put it (almost) back together

I can hook-up a chain real good

I can tell you all 'bout Mr. Earnhardt

I know the Owner's Manual back 'n forth

And "The Rules of the Road" too

Me and my friend saw some jaywalkers

Me and my friend called the cops on 'em

And guess how long they took?

I can drive however I want, cuz, look:

 

I can keep my speed with no cruise control

No cruise control

No cruise control

 

I can see yo' face on the radio

On the radio

Hey, that's just how I roll

 

~Verse Two~

Look at me, look at me

Just called to say I'm on a

DRIVE

In such a small town

Everybody seems to stink at this..

I need to make some money so I can pay for gas

I can take you with me if ya want

 

 

Look at me, look at me

Driving and I won't

STOP

It feels so good to be alive

and oh... Cops.

My foot is sinking

Down to the floor

Pedal to the medal, lock up the doors

My gas is waning

The lights burnt out

The cops just caught me

 

They wouldn't have noticed if

 

I had driven with my headlights on

my headlights on

My headlights on

 

If I hadn't driven with my taillights out

My tail lights out

My tail lights out.

 

 

So... Yeah. I don't know where it came from. It kinda stinks. But yeah. I like it.. :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

That's SatireTastic.

Okay, so my English I class watched the movie Shrek in class and then find examples of satire.

Shrek is such a parody. It pokes fun at all of the Disney princess movies. You know how it'a always "Prince Charming" that rescues the princess locked in a tower on his noble steed? Well not here! Shrek, and ugly ogre, rescues the princess. His noble steed? Donkey, a very tiny donkey.


What's a good example of reversal you ask? Hm, where do I begin? Let's see... The first thing I generally think of is when little princess Fiona beats up like... A bajillion guys. (Okay, it's more like 8 but still.) You'd think the big bad ogre'd do that for her, but all he did was go get and arrow stuck in his buttcheek.


Incongruity's turn! When Robin Hood and the Merry Men come out and have a stage in the middle of the woods... And then they have a musical preformance. Very..... Erm, Incongruent.


Last but not least is... Drumroll please!
EXAGGERATION! *applause*
Anyways, the whole movie is full of exaggeration. Like Lord Farquad (?). His castle is huge... Maybe he's compensating for something very small.. Like himself? The guy is like 4 feet tall! Also, when Fiona beats those Men up, it's going all Kung Fu Panda and Matrix on you! But that is the best part of the movie.


The most prevailant satire is... Parody. The whole MOVIE is basically a parody.



 Aside from making fun of stereotypical princess stories, the creaters of Shrek and his friends are basically saying, "Look, your true love doesn't have to be Mr. Tall, Dark and Handsome. He can be green, fat and oger-ish. If it's love, It's love." It's not like I'm saying they're wrong or anything... It's just not like most girls would want their true love to be that... Unique.