I've been following thread with interest, and while on the one hand, I agree that Amazon can sell or refuse to sell any product they like, what disturbs me most is the attitude by some people that because of a certain word in the title and the genre they were classified in, that we should all be morally outraged. Nothing in the descriptions of the books (given in the first post) or the assessment of CWatkinsNash (just above) leads me to believe that either novel in question glorifies rape or provides instructions. Would it be offensive to some people? Sure, but there are plenty of things out there that are offensive to me and with much higher profile that aren't going to disappear any time soon.
I am concerned that some people think that having health insurance is worse than having secret phone taps and being able to hold people indefinitely without charge. I suggest reading 1984 (there's bound to be at least a paper copy around somewhere), and watching
V for Vendetta and
I, Robot.
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Originally Posted by carld
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Indeed. And don't forget any complete works of Shakespeare, which include
The Rape of Lucrece.
Must be time for a
book burning.