Politically Correct Bullshit Alert!

[elfs]

From the New York Times:

In a newly revised edition of Goodnight Moon, a book which has lulled children to sleep for nearly 60 years, the publisher, HarperCollins, has digitally altered the photograph of Clement Hurd, the illustrator, to remove a cigarette from his hand.

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Gah.

I remember back when I was a senior in high school when my English teacher brought in a newspaper article about how they were re-writing Peter Rabbit to make it "easier" for children. The rest of the class couldn't figure out why I and the teacher were so horrified.