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I go far further than Danny's assessment of me, but in its face, it's dead accurate.
I am afraid that instead of opening to new ideas and new discussions, we will be forced into a theocracy.
Consider, for example, recent events here in Tennessee. There's a factory that employs nearly 80% muslims. The muslism as 80% of the factory, elected to have Eid off instead of Thanksgiving.
This is a private company, voting to have a private day off. It's a democratic process.
The outcry from the local churches here, and the threats of legislature here to DEMAND Thanksgiving off and Eid ON, was frightening.
There were literally threats from the legislature to outlaw Eid as a holiday, for a private company. In the end, the company chose to not fight this fight, and required it's mostly Muslim staff, who had come over here and become citizens and learned about democracy.. to take their own vacation days to get their religious holiday off.
So I see the same issue here. If we put content disclaimars on books, those content disclaimars _WILL_ be used. I'm not against authors choosing to do so of their own volition.. but if we REQUIRE content disclaimars.. this state will re-enter the dark ages. Make no bones about it.
Again, I recommend watching "This Film Is Not Yet Rated." You'll see how films content ratings are already used to push an agenda. I don't want that in books or written media, because written media is still one of few places where a single person can make their ideas seen. It should not be corruptible so easily.
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