Roger is right, except when it comes to children. Until they are capable of deciding for themselves, we have to alert the adults who decide for them. There is a form that an adult can fill out that will allow kids to see books of any rating.
When my kids were below the age of consent, I would have preferred they read a good healthy discussion of sex rather than a book purporting to be true of a biased political or religious nature (i.e. Ann Colter or Adolf Hitler).
Bob----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger Loran Bailey" <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 10:21 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Adult rating or not?
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. CindyWISH LIST (CALLED REQUESTED ADDITIONS TO THE BOOKSHARE COLLECTION)IS AVAILABLE AThttp://www.friendsofbookshare.org/wish_list/wish_list.htm www.lljfm.net/bookshare/home.htm A LIST OF BOOKS CURRENTLY BEING SCANNED IS AVAILABLE AT http://www.friendsofbookshare.org/ www.lljfm.net/bookshare/home.htm To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
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