>The only convincing argument against age-banding is that Little Timmy on the school bus might be caught reading a 7+ book when his friend Vernon is reading 9+
Not...
It is nothing to do with that. My objection to age b(r)anding is as passionate and principled as my objection to identity cards - based upon what I foresee as the inevitable restrictions on freedom that will ensue.
Freedom to read widely, irrespective of age, is a fundamental liberty. Age-branding, in this sense, is just as pernicious and potentially authoritarian as the introduction of identity cards.
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