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Originally Posted by mr ploppy
So when Amazon removes an ebook it does have consequences after all?
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Did I say it didn't?
Obviously, it has all sorts of consequences:
- It affects Amazon's business, with the likely effect of reducing their profit line (unless you believe these antics are some kind of a bizarre gorilla marketing campaign aimed at enhancing Amazon's reputation), the author's revenue and anyone who might want to buy the book, until such time as they can buy it elsewhere (and anyway restricts the range of choices that are available to them).
- Perhaps it also affects those who subscribe to the idea that the removal of one book is a part of an alleged creeping censuring, by America's Christian right, of the type of books that Amazon sells, based on their religious beliefs about what constitutes morality, (irrespective of the fact that moral codes are not only limited to religious belief systems; otherwise because it might provide those fundamentalists with encouragement) and it might lead to an infringement of their rights under the First Amendment, or even somehow threaten the precepts of the American Constitution.
- Apparently it affects those who subscribe to the idea that Amazon is obliged to publish all genres of books submitted to them, otherwise it might be an infringement of their rights under the First Amendment (as they have been moved to comment about it, at length, in this thread and others).
- Seemingly, it affects those who believe that Amazon's action is "censorship", despite the efforts of those detractors who believe that "censorship" can only be carried out by a state, because they continue to bang on about it in these threads.
- Also, it affects those who believe that threads like this are yet another attempt to "bash" Amazon - when the effect is that they choose to ignore them.
- Possibly, who knows, it might delight some non-religious non-homophobic pacifists, who find a "how to" book about homosexual rape offensive, because sexual rape involves violence?
- Another consequence is that it provides a bit of entertainment for those who enjoy contributing to these threads.
Need I go on ... ?
Perhaps you think it affects me, because we are nit-picking or splitting hairs here, or am I being too pedantic for you?
