[bksvol-discuss] Re: opening a can of worms I expect

  • From: "Candice A" <candicat87@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 05:04:35 -0400

Is it ubserd to mark it that when at times adults who are offended by such material can filter it out of their search result and parents can sign a waver saying their child can read it? I don't think it's sensor ship just to say that it has cirtain types of content. No different than movies saying violence and nudity etc. It's letting you know it is there. In general the person, or the kid's parrents can make the choice on whether or not the person reads it. I just don't want to miss mark something which is why I asked here. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger Loran Bailey" <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx>

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Amazon doesn't ask you how old you are before they sell you a book. That is just another example of why this whole adult designation business is so absurd.


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----- Original Message ----- From: "Candice A" <candicat87@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2010 9:50 PM
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I buy all of my books from amazon.com does it mark books restricted? i haven't really bought anything really steemy there. book wise. ----- Original Message ----- From: Shelley L. Rhodes
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 You have definitely opened a can of worms, smile.

My theory is if I bought it in a restricted section of a library or bookstore then I am going to mark it adult. If I didn't then it is not marked adult.


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----- Original Message ----- From: Candice A
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   Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2010 11:01 PM
   Subject: [bksvol-discuss] opening a can of worms I expect


   Hello all,
There has been a discussion on mine and a few other's twitters that got me wanting a bit more clarification on this.

In the manual it states that adult content is anything sexually explissit or that insites hate. Now the sexually explissit part is quite easy to understand, but the second part seems much less clear. It says if we're not sure to just leave it marked as adult, but I've been told so many different things over the years it's hard to really tell anymore. I know this is comparing 2 vastly different programs, but I'll give you the example that when I was fifteen my parents thought I was reading racey material so put an adult blocker on my account with nls. A year later I called them requesting the bible, but because the bible had violence and strong language I was not allowed to take it out on lone until I was eighteen. I also worked at a library where they always would do a check on a book for anyone under eighteen before letting them take the book out including myself and I don't know what guidelines they used.

So as for the hate thing does it become if there are race riotts in the book? Is it if there is one religion that hates another? Are all books with nazis out? I mean I know this can't be the case for educational purposes, but is the line drawn at talking about what hate speech and activities are or if they happen in the content of the book?

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