Are Books Going the Way of CDs?

Before I started buying MP3s I had the biggest CD collection of anyone I knew.

Thinking about it, I would guess that 1 out of every 5 CDs had a warning label on it.

Some of the music I enjoyed had explicit content: Guns 'n Roses, Aerosmith, AC/DC, Metallica, etc.

I don't really care for any of those bands anymore, but if this lady in FLA gets her way, our library books are going to come packaged with a warning label (<---- click here).

Sure, this lady has good intentions. I wonder, though, has she ever heard of a book called The Cathcer in the Rye. It's considered an American classic. All the vulgarity this woman wants to avoid this book packs it. Salinger's masterpiece is one of the most banned, and most studied books in America. Rye is considered the perfect portrait of teen angst. It's sits high atop my To-Read list.

Attempting to censor books is not going to stop people, or kids for that matter, from getting their hands on the books. It never stopped me from getting my hands on the music I wanted. The explicit content label seemed more like a trophy than a warning. Instead of censoring people's work maybe this lady should step up, be a parent, and talk to her kids. I wouldn't know, though. Maybe she does. If so, why try to parent other peoples kids?

Besides that, the reason a library has sections like childrens, young adult, and adult is so that someone who needs to be reading age appropriate novels can be guided in the right direction.

I, for one, think that this lady is hurting her cause more than she's helping it.