[bksvol-discuss] Re: e: Re: Comment from the staff about Adult Content Filtering
- From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 21:40:58 -0800 (PST)
Fanny Hill, aka The Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure,
was originally written in the 18th century--and by a
man, John Cleland. I read it before I noticed the
author's name, somehow, and was totally surprised it
was written by a man. There are some newer (1999)
editions or reprints out.
It is in the collection in public domain, downloaded
by anyone, but it is rated Adult, honestly. I see, in
reading a brief bio of Cleland that among other books
he wrote one called the The Memoirs of a Coxcomb. This
is not in our collection. smile.
G.Cindy
--- Gary Petraccaro <garyp130@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I was going to say Fannie Hill, but suddenly
> realized that I had no specific
> knowlege of whether it was really 18th century or
> just a pastiche.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lisa Belville" <lisab12@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 7:37 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: e: Re: Comment from
> the staff about Adult
> Content Filtering
>
>
> > Hi, Kelby.
> >
> > Great minds are thinking alike. Thanks for
> bringing this up and saving me
> > a few minutes of E-mail editing. <grins>
> >
> > Under the current system, someone who is not a
> member of Bookshare could
> > do a search for a book or author and would think
> that no books by that
> > author were on Bookshare if those books were
> marked adult. They wouldn't
> > even see a list of books by a
> > particular author if all of that author's books
> were marked adult.
> >
> > I think it's important to let people se what books
> Bookshare has
> > available,
> > whether those books are marked adult content or
> not. I realize there is a
> > substantial portion of the Bookshare membership
> who are under eighteen or
> > who may
> > not want to read adult content materials.
> However, the issue here isn't
> > accessing the books, it's being able to verify
> that a specific author or
> > books by an author are live on Bookshare. It's
> comparable to doing a card
> > catalog search in the library. People who aren't
> members of Bookshare
> > can't log in, so they couldn't download adult
> rated books, even if they're
> > over eighteen, but anyone would be given accurate
> information about what
> > books are available regardless of their raiding.
> >
> > Everyone searching Bookshare should know what's
> available and what isn't.
> > they're only going to be seeing books and/or
> authors in the list of search
> > results. Someone who isn't a member of bookshare
> wouldn't necessarily
> > have to view search results as a list of
> hyperlinks, which is how they are
> > listed for me, even if I'm not logged in to the
> site.
> >
> > The only exception to this should be if the books
> are listed as public
> > domain. In that case, anyone can download those.
> Are there public domain
> > books rated adult? Anything is possible, so that
> would have to be dealt
> > with somehow.
> >
> > Grandma Cindy's example of children's books being
> marked adult is another
> > reason why everyone needs to know what's
> available. Perhaps this would
> > have been discovered and corrected sooner.
> >
> > I look at it this way: Anyone can go into a
> public library and search the
> > card catalog for a
> > specific book or author. This doesn't mean they
> will be able to check out
> > a
> > book. They may be too young, or they may not be a
> member of that library
> > system. Still, they had the chance to see what
> was available, and that is
> > the problem with making books rated adult
> invisible to people who can't
> > log
> > into Bookshare.
> >
> > Lisa
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "kelby carlson" <kelbycarlson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 6:02 PM
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] e: Re: Comment from the
> staff about Adult
> > Content
> > Filtering
> >
> >
> >> See, this is not my problem. I don't WANT to
> read books that are truly
> >> adult in nature. My problem is that books like
> Slander, which are in no
> >> way adult, are being marked adult. Everyone has
> consistently failed to
> >> address this problem.
> >>
> >> Kelby
> >>
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> >>
> >> "It is not what we see that determines who we
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> >> to
> >> see it."
> >>
> >> "Let them praise the name of the LORD, for his
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> >> splendor is above the earth and the heavens."
> >>
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> >>
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> >> hold me fast.
> >>
> >> Psalm 139:7-10
> >>
> >>
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