[bksvol-discuss] Re: e: Re: Accessing Adult-rated books; was Ann Coulter Books
- From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2007 00:03:26 -0800 (PST)
In some cases, like the Hustler book with its
subtitle, the content is clear and people make make a
choice whether to download it or not. And if comments
about language, violence and sex are put into the
comments section by the submitter and into the long
synopsis by the validator, people can make their own
choice. I guess that for legal reasons bookshare
doesn't want children under the age of 18 to download
books their parents might not want them to see, but
then maybe it should be the parents who download the
books for the kids and not the kids themselves until
they are 18.
G.Cindy
--- liz halperin <lizzersagain@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Carrie: it was my understanding that any book a
> person could check out of a
> public library should not have Adult Content slapped
> on it: each of us as
> individuals have our own moral perspectives and for
> us to decide what is fit
> or unfit for teens is censorship, pure and clear. So
> I am following the
> libraries. About un-limiting books, early on and
> pre-Gustavo, anything that
> was gay or lesbian was put under adult content.
> Those should be put back in
> the general collection. Things like letters to
> Hustler (I've seen a few like
> that, where the purchaser must be over 18) should be
> Adult Content bec they
> are sold that way. Otherwise, we need to be cautious
> about becoming
> "Fahrenheit 451" clones. Parents can put their own
> limits in. Personally, I
> wouldn't want any child of mine being able to
> download some serious
> right-wing, neo-fascist, anti-Semitic homophobic
> books. But they are on
> Bookshare and I defend their right to be there. It
> would be up to me, the
> parent, to deal with, not Bookshare.
>
> Just my personal thoughts.
>
> Liz in Portland
>
> Liz Halperin
> Portland, OR
> lizzersagain@xxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
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WISH LIST (called Requested Additions To The Bookshare Collection)is available
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http://people.delphiforums.com/jamiecalton/Book_Requests.htm
http://www.friendsofbookshare.org/
http://studentpages.alma.edu/~07jmyate/book_requests.htm
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