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  • eric - Dec 08 2008 | blogs

    Quoted: Once upon a time there was a man named Thomas Bowdler. Bowdler, a physician, published in 1807 an altered versions of Shakespeare that removed "offensive" passages in an attempt to make Shakespeare more suitable for women and children. According to wikipedia: His expurgation was the subject of some criticism and ridicule and, through the eponym bowdlerise

    • Tosh - Dec 08 2008

      They didn't even take the time to read the book before approving it for high schoolers? Ha. I hate that they chose to censor the thing instead of picking something else.

    • eric - Dec 08 2008

      I know! Ridiculous. I think I'll assign "Finnegan's Wake" to a bunch of teenagers. It'll give me an excuse to finally read it...

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