Reply #22: I don't know too many 12 year olds that are eager to read "Ulysses"

[noonwitch]

Hell, I tried to read it and could make no sense of it. If there are dirty parts, I never got to them because I gave it up after 20 pages of gibberish. It doesn't need a label to keep kids from reading it.

You don't need to put a label on a book of Reubens' prints, most parents know there are nudes involved and act accordingly. If I had a teenaged boy who bought such a book instead of "Playboy", I'd at least appreciate his good taste.

If I had a kid and they were listening to some of the music out there today, I'd want to know what it was about. For example, I love GNR, but I don't think I'd let an 8 year old sit around listening to it. And GNR doesn't even come close to some of the rap out there-Eminem has a song in which he describes killing his wife and disposing of the body in front of his little girl, and one in which he describes sodomizing his mother. He has every right to make these songs, but parents need to know what is on the cds before letting their kids buy them. Songs like that make "Darling Nikki" seem tame.