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Old 11-11-2010, 10:48 PM   #245
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Originally Posted by Catlady View Post
Some people idiotically persist in saying that they are somehow fighting against the evils of censorship, when CENSORSHIP IS NOT THE ISSUE HERE. No law prevents this book from existing, no one has thrown the author in jail for his writings, no government bureaucrat or legislator has suggested new regulations or introduced a law, no one but the consumers have pressured Amazon. There is no censorship issue here.

CENSOR
: to examine in order to suppress or delete anything considered objectionable <censor the news>; also : to suppress or delete as objectionable <censor out indecent passages>
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/censoring

You find the book objectionable and want it removed from Amazon. How is censorship NOT the issue here? Some people idiotically persist in saying that somehow books commit crimes and guns kill people.
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