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Scanning/complaints/"warnings"



Regarding "warnings" about objectionable material:

I've not been involved in any scanning projects, so am speaking from a bit
more general perspective.
I don't believe such 'warnings" would be appropriate.  For some people
today, racism is their own view of the world.  No doubt there would be
materials among what you scan that would also be objectionable or offensive
to political or religious liberals or conservatives, vegetarians, and
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.  I'm not being sarcastic, but
saying that if it's OK to be on your shelves without "warnings", why add
such confusion to a scanned product/version?  It's an intrusion.

Change over time is part of what history is all about, the good of it and
the bad of it.

Ever onwards, rounding up the usual disclaimers.........

Carol Edwards

Carol A. Edwards
USGS Field Records Library
MS 914, Box 25046, Federal Center
Denver, CO 80225-0046
email: cedwards@usgs.gov
phone: 303-236-1005
fax: 303-236-0015

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