ake: No word from you "liberals" on the younng white girls being groomed and sexually assaulted by Pakistani muslim gangs in the UK and even larger numbers in the Netherlands?

The old "you don't object to all offenses so you're a hypocrite to object to any" ploy is so old. Find another.

Neil D: You make a good point but the pedant in me has to point out that Jim belonged to the Widder Douglas, not to Tom's Aunt Polly.

My mistake. It's been a while, but at least I got to read it in school. Which millions of kids won't get to do unless an expurgated version is made available. Them's just the facts. The literary purists need to pull up their big girl panties and deal.

Greg F: Ah, but you see, it should never have been taken OUT of the schools in the first place. Take it up with the schools/school boards instead of emasculating the book.

Thaaaaat's Niiiiiice. We need to deal with the reality we have, not one we'd like to have. And it doesn't look to be changing any time soon. By your purism you deny millions of children the chance to read a fine book.