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"Ms. El Rhazoui replied, somewhat irritably, “Being Charlie Hebdo means to die because of a drawing,” and not everyone has the guts to do that (although she did
by bufordsharkley 12y ago
"Ms. El Rhazoui replied, somewhat irritably, “Being Charlie Hebdo means to die because of a drawing,” and not everyone has the guts to do that (although she didn’t use the word guts)."
Amusing that the NYT's fusty policy for censoring profanity pokes its nose into THIS quote, of all things.
- scintill76 12y agoI'm reminded of the time I elided repeated profanity from a Fahrenheit 451 passage I quoted in a high-school paper about the book. I found the profanity unnecessary and felt it sort of obscured the point, but I did not realize the irony of censoring "451" until the teacher pointed it out. Well, at least I didn't burn the parts I didn't like, I just editorialized them...
- anon4 12y agoWhat irony? Fahrenheit 451 isn't about censorship.
- WalterSear 12y agoGo read it.
- EdwardDiego 12y agoGuts as opposed to... balls? I'm trying to think what the replaced word would've been.
- scintill76 12y agoYes, apparently: http://chicagomaroon.com/2015/02/27/charlie-hebdo-journalist-defends-satire-free-speech-at-univ-event/ http://chicagomaroon.com/2015/02/27/charlie-hebdo-journalist... (third-to-last paragraph.)
- pervycreeper 12y ago> NYT's fusty policy for censoring profanity pokes its nose into THIS quote Assuming that the original was "balls", it was perhaps done in ironic self-awareness, considering that the original expression would be disapproved of by feminists because it links a male-associated feature with courage, seen to be a positive character trait.