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For Every Item You don't But on Amazon I will Buy Two
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Well, pedos need something on their Kindles, too.
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I'm guessing it's a honeypot put on by the feds.
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Still maintain that crying on the pitch should warrant a 3 match ban
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I was going to ask who would publish this kind of thing but noted that it's Amazon/self-published!
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.....Which means that it hasn't been published by a publishing house, but rather by the author himself...Originally Posted by alh_p
Still maintain that crying on the pitch should warrant a 3 match ban
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Yep, but surely amazon should have foreseen this right? Or at least just check that, y'know, people aren't writing manuals on peodophilia, making snuff films, terrorism etc.
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From the article:
Amazon said in a statement that it "believes it is censorship not to sell certain books simply because we or others believe their message is objectionable."
Still maintain that crying on the pitch should warrant a 3 match ban
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Amazon said in a statement that it "believes it is censorship not to sell certain books simply because we or others believe their message is objectionable."
So Amazon believes that censorship means what it says in the dictionary. What a non answer. Pathetic.
well, the article is even funnier.
And then it says they removed it.The company issues guidelines banning certain materials, including offensive content, illegal items and educational test solution manuals. However, Amazon does not elaborate on what might be considered inappropriate content, stating that "what we deem offensive is probably what you would expect."
Also,
I find this kind of self-grooming, facile parroting to be disgusting. "Oh look I'm just like voltaire!""While I deplore the agenda of this book, I defend the author's right to say what he wants and the readers' rights to read what they wish as long as it doesn't escalate into something more than speech," one wrote.
Last edited by Sasaki Kojiro; 11-11-2010 at 21:16.
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You hear that all the time from various Americans who pretend that you have freedom of speech and then ask for pedo books to be banned.
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This isn’t censorship of free speech. Censorship is when the Government prohibits anyone from publishing or selling a book. This is a business decision.
A business is under no obligation to sell anything that they feel won't sell or may hurt their business. I imagine the firestorm of protest and loss of customers exercising their freedom to shop elsewhere inspired Amazon to drop this disgusting filth.
There is also potential legal ramifications. Encouraging people to follow a particular behaviour or course of action that results in serious crime can be considered solicitation and could lead to lawsuits. The fact that the author points to a teacher who has abused a child as an example of what he hopes to achieve from the book just confirms that he is hoping that readers will commit a serious crime and therefore it seems likely he is guilty of solicitation (but not having read the book of course it is impossible to be definitive). As it has been made available internationally via Amazon I’d be surprised that there isn’t a D.A. or prosecutor somewhere willing to take this case on.
Last edited by Hosakawa Tito; 11-12-2010 at 13:03.
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I don't know why they even brought up freedom of speech anyway...
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Done. I didn't buy this, so you now need to buy two of them.
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I didn't buy this, Strike. So when you get two, could I have the 2nd one from you for free?
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