[bksvol-discuss] Re: Adult rating or not?
- From: Cindy Rosenthal <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 20:01:16 -0800 (PST)
There are a few words, I think, e.g.,words that begin
with f, and sh come to mind, that most people would
consider obscene. I wouldn't consider "pissed off" to
be obscene, nor, "bloody" in an exclamation, though in
19th-century England apparently it was unacceptable.
As to profanity, I'm assuming swearing using the word
"God" and "Hell" would be considered profanity by
some. Anyway, I put the warnings in the long synopsis
for anyone who doesn't want to read books containing
those words rather than marking them adult. As you
say, people can decide for themselves what they want
to read if they have enough knowledge about what's in
the book. smile.
Cindy Ro
--- Roger Loran Bailey <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> How can you tell what is obscene though? A couple of
> years ago I had
> someone start ranting at me for being obscene
> because I had said that
> someone was pissed off. It had never even occurred
> to me that anyone
> might consider that to be obscene. It seems to me
> that it is better to
> let others deal with their own hang-ups rather than
> try to police
> their reading materials for them.
>
> On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 4:51 AM, Cindy Rosenthal
> <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Bearing in mind that some members might not want
> to
> > read books with profanity or obscenity, torture or
> a
> > lot of sex, explicit or suggested, although I
> don't
> > rate them Adult I do put in the long synopsis that
> the
> > book contains whatever it is that I think such
> readers
> > might want to know about. I do rate some things
> adult,
> > usually books that have graphic descriptions of
> sexual
> > acts that to me are coarse or unpleasant. Parents
> of
> > children and young adults who think their children
> are
> > mature enough to read anything they want can give
> > their permission--there is a form for this I
> > understand--and then they can download whatever
> they
> > want.
> >
> > Cindy
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