How come books don't need warning labels?
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How come books don't need warning labels?
CDs have explicit labels. Movies have the MPAA rating system. Books have...well...nothing. Anyone know the reasoning behind this?
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because books don't have famous authors who walk around in moon boots, black and white make up, black hair, with a bloody tounge hanging out of their mouth....
and Tipper Gore hasn't thought of it yet...her and Al are raking in the bucks from inventing the internet, but are hoarding it for global warming
and Tipper Gore hasn't thought of it yet...her and Al are raking in the bucks from inventing the internet, but are hoarding it for global warming
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Warning: This thread contains an adult subject matter dealing with the stupidity of censorship. Continued reading of this thread my cause one to think that we don't know what is best for you. That is wrong.
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Give it some time. I'm sure it won't be long before some asshole congressman decides he needs to do something about dirty books.
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Originally Posted by Tracer Bullet
Printed books have been around for hundreds of years, and so have a more rudimentary warning system- the bonfire.
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People are constantly trying to do something about dirty books. Usually it takes the form of banning them from libraries, but it has been even more drastic in the past.
Hell, it wasn't until 1959 that you could legally buy Lady Chatterley's Lover in the U.S.
Hell, it wasn't until 1959 that you could legally buy Lady Chatterley's Lover in the U.S.
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Originally Posted by Darknite39
It's been done.
....and it's been UN-done, too, if I'm not mistaken. I believe Marvel said "Fuck the comics code!" a few years back, and everyone else basically followed suit, until the CCA was no more. But I could be wrong....anyone?
Anyone?
Bueller?
Bueller?
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Originally Posted by Cameron
because books don't have famous authors who walk around in moon boots, black and white make up, black hair, with a bloody tounge hanging out of their mouth....
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I've heard it argued that the sort of people who read books have a level of intellectual sophistication that makes warning labels unnecessary.
Put another way:
People like us are safe from the effects of mature subject matter. But we need to protect the people who aren't as good as us.
Put another way:
People like us are safe from the effects of mature subject matter. But we need to protect the people who aren't as good as us.
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Originally Posted by zombiezilla
....and it's been UN-done, too, if I'm not mistaken. I believe Marvel said "Fuck the comics code!" a few years back, and everyone else basically followed suit, until the CCA was no more. But I could be wrong....anyone?
Anyone?
Bueller?
Bueller?
.....
Anyone?
Bueller?
Bueller?
.....