[bksvol-discuss] Re: e: Re: Accessing Adult-rated books; was Ann Coulter Books
- From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2007 21:05:16 -0800 (PST)
It is true that the system has been in place since the
beginning, but you point out here problems that exist.
For as long as I can remember, people have been asking
what exactly should be rated "Adult." Knowing that
there are members who do not like to read books with
profanity and/or obscenity and/or graphic violence,
some of us rated these Adult. Then we receive word
from several official sources that that if the book
would be in an Adult bookstore or in the Adult section
of a video rental place, that should be the criterion.
To me, that says that only books with graphically
described sex would be considered Adult.
I think Kelby's idea of being more specific in the
synopsis about whether there is profanity, obscenity,
graphic violence, rape, torture, explicit sex is a
good one. That way a would-be reader would know if
he/she wants to read the book or not, or wants to
allow his teenager to read the book. I've been doing
that rather than rating books Adult, unless there is
explicit sex.
Or perhaps instead of a general Adult rating we could
use the movie ratings--G, PG (is that right?), R and
X. But still not disallow access to the books, i.e.,
allow everyone to find a book whether hey remember to
log in or not.
G.Cindy
P.S. What is there in the Ann Coulter books that cause
them to be rated Adult? Curious minds want to know.
P.P.S. There's something wrong with the BS automatic
rating if children's picture books are rated Adult, as
some of them have been.
--- robert tweedy <roberttweedy@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> The system has been in place since bookshare started
> and now there are a lot
> of readers that don't like adult matterial and it is
> up to the submitter
> whether the book should be adult or not plus if the
> system see a lot of
> words that are consider, a certain percentage anyway
> it makes the book
> adult.
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "kelby carlson" <kelbycarlson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 9:14 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] e: Re: Accessing
> Adult-rated books; was Ann
> Coulter Books
>
>
> > Thing is, they probably won't. I don't want to
> read adult rated books.
> > However, I do not think the Ann Coulter books (and
> a few others I could
> > bring up) should be adult rated. That is my real
> complaint here. In my
> > opinion, that system should just be discarded
> entirely. If the submitter
> > feels the book is adult in nature s/he should put
> a note in the synopsis
> > for the discerning browser.
> >
> > Kelby
> >
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