[bksvol-discuss] Re: Comments about "strong language" or "violence".
- From: Ann Parsons <akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 08:33:38 -0400
Hi all,
Actually, Roger, you're confusing the issue somewhat. The method used
by Bookshare makes sense. What it does is restrict books rather than
to ban them. If you are under eighteen your access to adult content is
blocked. the block can be resinded if the child's parent or guardian
agrees. For adults what this rating does is merely place adult content
behind a gate, if you will. It is tabu, not banned.
I agree that those who want to ban books are wrong. Banning books
makes them unavailable to anyone. Deliberately destroying or removing
books from libraries is anathema to me. Restricting them is a different story.
What bothers me most are those who decide that certain books are evil
or bad and they have not read them. This, I feel, is prejudice and the
beginning of totalitarianism. When a church or a government tells its
members or citizens they can't read X or Y, that's restricting
knowledge and therefore restricting the power of the People. The
whole Harry Potter hoodoo is a great example of ignorant idiotic people
making a judgment about a series of books without reading them.
Nowhere have I found a clearer statement of morals and ethics and what
is right than I have in the books by J.K. Rowling. <smiling> I
dunnow how other books can be accepted without question as Young Adult.
Frankly, I think the whole rating system stands on its head sometimes.
However, the Bookshare method seems to be working, even though we
proofers sometimes have to fiddle with the rating because the computer
isn't smart enough to make decisions of this kind.
BTW, I don't think we need to resort to name-calling in order to make a
point. It retracts from the argument, frankly.
]Ann P.
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