Should books be classified?

Should Books

As with films, be classified?

Introduction by Game boy, the TRUTH’s aficionado on PC games.

Consider these two PC game covers:

Also note the sticker on the CD case for Age of kings, the master disc for Age of Empires II>>

Although it says 3+ years, the game, let alone its challenges, would be far from understandable for a child of that age, while 12+, as indicated on the collection, is a ridiculous extreme.

Sure, the game includes violence, as noted on the back, however, it is bloodless warfare and more of a challenge as with any battle campaign.

Game boy, you are, as mentioned, the TRUTH’s PC game reviewer and adviser of note. From what age would you say, could someone play and enjoy Age of Empires II?

Game boy: ‘8 years. If an 8-year-old can watch a PG rated film without Parental Guidance, they will have no problem understanding and playing the game, with my help, of course.’

Help that is notably thorough (See games link from Contents page).

What difficulty level and speed do you play the game at?

Game boy: ‘I play against the hardest AI there is (Alliance Thunder Empire) and on hard difficulty and fast speed for most of the game.’

WOW! I take it you built up to that level?

Game boy: ‘Age of Kings, the game’s master CD, has a copyright date of 1999. I seem to recall buying it in 2003. It is the most played RPG game of its kind there is, and for good reason.’

Thank you.

So what, you may ask, and quite rightly so, does this have to do with classifying books? And the answer should be simple as it has already been given. Other games are classified by the BBFC (British Board of Film Classifications). "Grand Theft Auto" for 'PlayStation'.

The gold edition has no classification on it. Not one. The collection, however, released many years later, does; 12+. Note, in no way is the content of the first Age of Empires more violent than its sequels, which is the confusing factor.

The next step in understanding this article are these 2 CD covers. Specifically, the black and white ‘Parental ADVISORY’ notice thereon. Note also, the word ADVISORY is in uppercase. A scare tactic one might say:

As with the written word – books – they contain a use of strong language, while Fred Durst, towards the end of ‘Hot dog’, mentions saying the f-word 46 times and then goes onto say it some more. Amazon’s CD department stipulates that 12 of the 15 tracks have explicit lyrics in them. ‘Explicit Lyrics’ is mentioned below ‘ADVISORY’ on the Prince CD cover.

The type of books the TRUTH is talking about, are the millions of self-published ones found on amazon and KOBO, the main two purveyors of e-books for their e-readers – amazon’s being their Kindle – and erotic books, in particular. They are the type of books that, despite what both amazon and Kobo lie about not selling, are, according to the US Supreme court, pornographic (that which encourages sexual thoughts).

Search ‘erotic’ and ‘Porn’ in the Kindle store department of amazon, and it will, today, 18th April 2020, come back with at least 70,000 results for each, while there are likely to be many thousands more. It all depends on the 7 keywords max that an author or their agent indicates. So, if the book is erotic, but they don’t indicate erotic as one of the 7 keywords, it will be omitted from the search return.

As with printed book publishing, which kindle book publishers can also do themselves, a lot of the books would be rejected by book publishers for numerous reasons, typos etc.

By far and away, however, the main reason for a self-published and, therefore, self-regulated, erotic book being rejected, is the sexual content that the two purveyors of what the US Supreme court define as pornography (that which encourages sexual thoughts) allow, despite their claim and lie that they do not accept pornographic material.

Incidentally, amazon, unlike Kobo, allow anyone to read 11% of an e-book’s content. The "anyone" including “children!”

Read the TRUTH’s expose: ‘How amazon exposes children to porn’ to find out all the sordid details about erotic book content (some of which fall under obscene) on both amazon and Kobo. There, you will find all the proof you need as to why books, as with films, should be classified, while films with that level of content would either be classified ‘R18’, sale Restricted to licensed sex shops, or deemed obscene under the UK’s seemingly nonexistent and nonstringent Obscene publications’ act.