http://ask.metafilter.com/tags/forwhomthebelltolls Questions tagged with 'forwhomthebelltolls' at Ask MetaFilter. Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:03:42 -0800 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:03:42 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/106636/Obscenity%2Dthese%2Dunprintable%2Dcensors I'm reading "For Whom the Bell Tolls", for the first time, that I got from the library. Every obscenity is printed as "unprintable", "un-nameable", or "obscenity". Obviously Hemingway didn't write that, and it's annoying. Would a modern printing still have these edits? I'm a grown adult. I am not offended by the work "fuck". I am offended by the disruption in the meter and phrasing, since I have to run it through my mind and figure out the tense and form of the intended word.<br> <br> Was there any renegade publisher that printed uncensored books? Do the modern printings still do this? The one I'm reading is from the 70s, I think. tag:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.106636 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:03:42 -0800 censorship forwhomthebelltolls hemingway library obscenity hwyengr