SEX, DRUGS AND VIOLENCE
WEBSITE RATES BOOKS BASED ON CONTENT
Posted: September 26, 2012 at 4:26 a.m.
Donna Feyen created a website called More Than A Review that rates books based on sexual content, violence, language and drug use. PARENTAL GUIDANCE
Of the millions of websites online, none could provide the information Donna Feyen sought. So she created her own website that would.
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"“There are things in books I don’t care to read,” Bell said."
Oh, Lordy.... I don't know where to start. Some help over here, Alpha, FFT... anybody?
Posted by: GenBuckTurgidson
September 26, 2012 at 9:30 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
RE "'There are things in books I don’t care to read,' Bell said."
Reminds me of Fred Savage objecting to the mushy parts of "The Princess Bride".
At least she's not agitating to have books removed from shelves. Since some readers are going to have strong reactions to particular content in books, it is better to publicize the nature and intensity of certain types of content so those readers can avoid a book rather than pick it up unawares and get up in arms about it. As long as the site is able to adhere to objective standards for content rating in a consistent way, this should be a useful site for a lot of people.
The fewer people there are out there trying to ban books, the better it is for books. This is a great improvement over the Laurie Lee Taylor approach.
Posted by: AlphaCat
September 26, 2012 at 11:48 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
If we want to be concerned about the content of books, let's start with the Bible. Just for starters, read the book of Esther. Then move on to David and Bathsheba. And keep reading.
Posted by: Vickie55
September 26, 2012 at 1:41 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
It boils down to this: there's too much bandwith.
Nature abhors a vacuum. That's how folk like Donna Feyen get stories written about their silliness in the newspaper, and how folk like Ms. Bell get quoted therein.
Posted by: GenBuckTurgidson
September 26, 2012 at 8:09 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
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