| | If you were judged based on what you read... | |
|
+5Nystyle709 Forgiveness Man Bluesmama Tony Marino Supernova 9 posters | Author | Message |
---|
Supernova The Book Chamber
Join date : 2010-06-22 Posts : 11954 Rep : 182
| Subject: If you were judged based on what you read... Fri Dec 09, 2011 5:11 pm | |
| Ever since the Patriot Act gave the government the right to snoop through our library records to see what kinds of books we're checking out (who the hell tracks a terrorist by what they read? What ARE they going to read in America's public libraries that has to do with bombings or hijacking planes?) to see if we're a threat...that freaked my mother out when I got my library card and started going to the library for the first time, it was after 9/11, and there was all this coverage about they can find out everything you read. And she was nervous because at 13 I was big on murder, true crime, Jack the Ripper, Lizzie Borden...none of this says terrorist naturally, but why would that matter to Big Brother of course? I suppose it could still be seen as a potential threat or what the hell ever.
But I digress, if somebody were to look through your library records or see what books you'd ordered online or which ones were in your house...what conclusion do you think they might draw about you? | |
| | | Tony Marino …is a Global Moderator.
Join date : 2010-01-31 Location : New York Posts : 26786 Rep : 607
| Subject: Re: If you were judged based on what you read... Fri Dec 09, 2011 5:37 pm | |
| That I am a helplessly romantic sap! | |
| | | Bluesmama …is a Power Member.
Join date : 2011-07-09 Location : Portland “Burbs” Posts : 3353 Rep : 43
| Subject: Re: If you were judged based on what you read... Fri Dec 09, 2011 5:39 pm | |
| They would get very, very confused. I have so many DIFFERENT kinds of reading material in my big shelf that they'd be scratching their heads trying to figure out if all the books were indeed mine, or if I had mutliple-personalities, or what.
One thing they'd figure out fast is that I like to take my vacations and am interested in travel. | |
| | | Forgiveness Man …is a Chamber Royal.
Join date : 2010-06-25 Location : Chilling on your sofa Posts : 6657 Rep : 153
| Subject: Re: If you were judged based on what you read... Fri Dec 09, 2011 6:10 pm | |
| If the government judged me based on what I've checked out of the library, they'd see I haven't checked out anything but some books on Reagan I had to use for a college report. (And if they expanded their examination to all books, they'd see I don't read much unless it's assigned college reading. ) | |
| | | Nystyle709 ...is a 20G Chamber DIETY.
Join date : 2010-03-16 Location : New York Posts : 27030 Rep : 339
| Subject: Re: If you were judged based on what you read... Fri Dec 09, 2011 7:48 pm | |
| Well, I read anything that interests me. So I don't think you can peg me by what I read. I do like mysteries and noir. What does that say? | |
| | | Supernova The Book Chamber
Join date : 2010-06-22 Posts : 11954 Rep : 182
| Subject: Re: If you were judged based on what you read... Fri Dec 09, 2011 7:53 pm | |
| - Bluesmama wrote:
- They would get very, very confused. I have so many DIFFERENT kinds of reading material in my big shelf that they'd be scratching their heads trying to figure out if all the books were indeed mine, or if I had mutliple-personalities, or what.
One thing they'd figure out fast is that I like to take my vacations and am interested in travel. Aside from the travel thing, this is pretty much my answer too...so much stuff to sort through: true crime, war, biographies, humor, adventure stories, Disney stories, cartoons and comics, science fiction...I believe in having at least one book on most subjects...so to sort through mine you'd find a lot of jumbled stuff: Rambo, Buster Keaton, Wishbone, The Lodger (Jack the Ripper), Atom Bombs, Star Wars, Alfred Hitchcock, monster movies, James Dean, Ghost stories, true hauntings, women's writing, women's quotes, fairy tales, folk tales, plays by various authors like Shakespeare, Sophocles, Kaufman and Hart, UFOs, aliens, WWI and WWII history books and novels, books about movies, subdivided by novelizations and film analysis, WHOLE bunch of different stuff. | |
| | | Cheaps ...is a 20G Chamber DIETY.
Join date : 2010-11-17 Posts : 25876 Rep : 252
| Subject: Re: If you were judged based on what you read... Fri Dec 09, 2011 8:42 pm | |
| That I like Janet, TI, and Gossip. All I have are magazines with Janet and TI on the cover, and a few gossip magazines. | |
| | | gingersnaps …is Necessary.
Join date : 2011-03-25 Location : SoCal Posts : 559 Rep : 4
| Subject: Re: If you were judged based on what you read... Fri Dec 09, 2011 10:23 pm | |
| That I like way too many genres even though I have a preference for horror and historical fiction. | |
| | | Shale ...is a Chamber Royal.
Join date : 2010-09-27 Location : Miami Beach Posts : 9699 Rep : 219
| Subject: Re: If you were judged based on what you read... Sat Dec 10, 2011 12:12 am | |
| Well, I don't read that many books, just magazines and newspapers (and not too much of them)and haven't checked anything out of the libary since the 20th century, when I had to use that for research.
However,I'm sure Big Bro is watching where we go on the Internet, and would probably find out that I do research on sexuality in general, sexual anomalies and other un-American things like not shaving and not using deodorants. | |
| | | CeCe …is a Chamber DEITY.
Join date : 2010-06-30 Posts : 11962 Rep : 326
| | | | Sponsored content
| Subject: Re: If you were judged based on what you read... | |
| |
| | | | If you were judged based on what you read... | |
|
Similar topics | |
|
| Permissions in this forum: | You cannot reply to topics in this forum
| |
| |
| September 2024 | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | | | | | | Calendar |
|
Most active topic starters | |
Poll | | Which do you prefer: Big Mac or Whopper? | Big Mac | | 14% | [ 1 ] | Whopper | | 86% | [ 6 ] |
| Total Votes : 7 |
|
feeds | |
|