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Originally Posted by Xanthe
Censorship, in common usage, does normally refer to governmental action, since that affects the population as a whole, and is backed by a legal framework.
Amazon is not a government entity, a media outlet or other controlling body. It is merely one of thousands of booksellers. What it did was make a business decision, albeit awkwardly, regarding a single author's book.
My point was that the use of the term "censorship" in connection with Amazon did give the thread drama and traffic, but is ultimately misleading and gives more import to Amazon's action than it deserves.
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I don't see how it can be misleading to use a word according to its correct meaning. Unless you are worried about offending teens that don't know how to spell "the".
