Should there be a rating for books?

[Kritish]

Should we rate books like we do films and games? I'm not too sure 'bout it, but should a ten-year-old be allowed to purchase "Scilence of the Lambs"? I'm not going to debate this because I haven't decided, but feel free.

 

[heypapajinx]

no.
that's the stupidest idea i've ever heard.

 

[Mee]

Sure why not.

 

[Majik1387]

I thought there was some kind of ratings on books.

 

[Kritish]

no.
that's the stupidest idea i've ever heard.

I neve said I was for it, I just wondered what people thought 'bout it.
There are some countries that have ratings, like I think Australia does. But Australia sucks, it has some of the highest "morality" codes than any Western nation.

 

[Kritish]

I thought there was some kind of ratings on books.

I don't know where you live but in the U.S. a minor can buy everything up to erotic novels. I bought Carrie by Steven King at age 10.

 

[Majik1387]

^Florida, but yeah there's no law/rating on books here. I just assumed there was.

 

[Kritish]

^Florida, but yeah there's no law/rating on books here. I just assumed there was.

I hate Austrailia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_in_Australia

 

[muertevilla]

only ratings there should be on a book is if it sucks or not... S for sucks and if it doesnt

 

[Kritish]

only ratings there should be on a book is if it sucks or not... S for sucks and if it doesnt

If it sucks it should be banned.

 

[Bratgirl]

I don't know where you live but in the U.S. a minor can buy everything up to erotic novels. I bought Carrie by Steven King at age 10.

So would you rate the bible too?

 

[Kritish]

So would you rate the bible too?

If you did it would get a mature rating 'cause it's full of sex and violence.
But, I think if you did rate books "religious texts" could get an exception.

 

[Ash J. Williams]

No, I don't think there should be.

 

[IAmHe9]

Yeah, an innocent man who taught peace and love gets nailed to a cross in the one.

The end of the world is also predicted in detail, as are several details about Satan himself.

And don't forget all that stuff about the Flood, sacrifice, and circumcision!

Stupid idea to rate books like games or movies.

 

[Ben Urich]

This is, without a doubt, the dumbest idea I've heard in a long time.

 

[Kritish]

I gusse I'd have to go with no too, just wondering what all the peeps thought.

 

[Kritish]

This is, without a doubt, the dumbest idea I've heard in a long time.

God damnit, I never said I was pro-ratings I just wanted to know what people thought!

 

[heypapajinx]

only ratings there should be on a book is if it sucks or not... S for sucks and if it doesnt

and for if it swallows.... eeeee!

 

[MaskedManJRK]

Eh, if it'll shut up the angry soccer moms and they don't try to censor/take out those parts "not acceptable," I don't think I'd care that much.

 

[Kritish]

Eh, if it'll shut up the angry soccer moms and they don't try to censor/take out those parts "not acceptable," I don't think I'd care that much.

Parents have some wierd idea that if they let their kid see Lethal weapon or Play Dead Rising or read a Stephen King novel their kids going to turn into some psycho cannibal goth.
Frankly, I would let my kid see anything as long as it's not porn or I think it's going to scare him.

 

[mierde]

I neve said I was for it, I just wondered what people thought 'bout it.
There are some countries that have ratings, like think Australia does. But Australia sucks, it has some of the highest "morality" codes than any Western nation.

I'm from Australia and we don't have ratings for books. And thanks for the vote of confidence

But I think its stupid anyway, its hard enough to get kids to read these days without ratings to restrict what they can and cannot read.

 

[Iceman]

No yes votes at all

I don't see why it's ok for a kid of any age to read in detail about something that they're not allowed to watch on a screen. With any imagination they'll be seeing similar images in their mind to what they would be exposed to in a film.

 

[Dew k. Mosi]

I was reading Jaws when I was 5 and the opening scene scared me so much, I threw the book across the room and then hid behind the couch for two hours.

I was reading Interview with a Vampire when I was 7 and it was taken from me because of the homoeroticsm. I was 7. All I knew was the vampires were mean to each other and that was scary.

I was reading The Exorcist when I was 8 and the *********e with the crucifix scene was deemed "too mature" for me. I didn't understand the word *********e, but knowing that I was not allowed to read it made me read it more.

I was reading Close Encounters of the Third Kind when I was 9 and it was taken away from me because "God didn't make aliens" so it was blasphemous.

After that, I just hid my books from the people in charge

 

[Majik1387]

After that, I just hid my books from the people in charge

It took 3 times for you to think of doing that?

 

[OverMyHead]

Should there be a rating for art? How about the nude statue of Michaelango? hmm..