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Old 01-09-2011, 12:43 PM   #473
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Originally Posted by carld View Post
I would disagree with you on that point. If Amazon removed all novels with "rape" in the title, that would be a business decision. Removing only gay-oriented novels, while leaving similar straight-oriented novels alone, is censorship.
they probably figure that the reading public is aware of more than one definition of rape;

4.
an act of plunder, violent seizure, or abuse; despoliation; violation: the rape of the countryside.
5.
Archaic. the act of seizing and carrying off by force.
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