[bookshare-discuss] Re: Adult Content Issue ... Again!
- From: <ldspeaker17@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:02:35 -0700 (PDT)
I have started to read several books that should have
been adult content because of sex that was very
descriptive. Another book that I validated I made a
comment that there was some sexual content (making
out, petting, etc) but not extreme and it was labeled
adult content. I think there needs to be a set
guideline on what constitutes adult content that
validators stick to. Like descriptive sex scenes,
tons of cussing, or graphic violence. Then in the
comments section the validator says why it was labeled
as adult content.
-Christamae
--- Darrell Shandrow <darrell.shandrow@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Hello Kelby,
>
> Though anything can be improved, I believe the
> "adult" label definitely
> needs to remain in place. Libraries take reasonable
> actions to protect
> children from content that is clearly inappropriate
> to their viewing in
> accordance with community standards, and Bookshare
> should certainly be no
> different in that regard with respect to children
> with print disabilities.
> :-)
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "kelby carlson" <kelbycarlson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 5:14 AM
> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Adult Content Issue ...
> Again!
>
>
> Okay, so it's happened again and once more left me
> extremely
> frustrated. A book that was just submitted "Witch
> Hunt: History
> of a Persecution" has been categorized as having
> "adult content".
> The witch hunts are a part of history that interest
> me, and I've
> been looking for some good books on them. But
> no-enI can't have
> this one no matter how good it might ,be because
> someone decided
> to tag it with the lable "adult content". Doesn't
> say what kind
> of adult content; whether its explicitsex, hate
> speegh graphic
> violence, or what have you. I would like to be able
> to determine
> for myself if a book contains adult content. But I
> can't unless
> I read it. Really, I honestly think this adult
> content label
> just needs to be dropped. It's almost kept me from
> reading a
> couple of really good books that got mislabeled.
>
> Okay, rant is done.
>
> Kelby
>
> Doomed Dragon
>
> It is quite easy for me to think of a God of love
> mainly because
> I grew up in a family where love was central and
> where lovely
> relationships were ever present. It is quite easy
> for me to
> think of the universe as basically friendly mainly
> because of my
> uplifting hereditary and environmental
> circumstances. It is
> quite easy for me to lean more toward optimism than
> pessimism
> about human nature mainly because of my childhood
> experiences.
> It is impossible to get at the roots of one's
> religious attitudes
> without taking in account the psychological and
> historical
> factors that play upon the individual.
> --Martin Luther King, Jr.
> If the people who started wars didn't make them
> sacred, who
> would be foolish enough to fight?
>
> --Rhett Butler
>
>
>
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