Yay, Mika! Yay, Br'er Bear, Br'er Rabbit and Uncle Remus!! Boo, PH, uber- political sensitivity and fluff and and the briar patch!
briar patch gave me nightmares for a night or two...
cont'd threadjack/
Kramus: I'd read the Tom Sawyer/Huckleberry Finn books before they were sanitized and, while they were a difficult read for a 12 year old, they were great as written. Another southern vernacular book, Cold Sassy Tree, is less 'racial', but very endearing. I found nothing that would make me think less of anyone because of how those were written. /end threadjack
It would seem, in an effort to offend less, we end up with the very mindless fluff Mika was trying to avoid and thusly, end up offending even more by deliberately dumbing down vital information and news that does have an impact on everyone and instead report on shit that affects no one.