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Originally Posted by msmith
My original point was only to have topic neutral books preloaded on the Reader suitable for a diverse audience, and then people can have the freedom to BUY whatever they want wherever they want. Again, it wouldn't be right to have anti-hispanic or anti-african american books on there either.
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The only "topic neutral" books I can think of are written at a second grade level. How about Sony just leaves the Reader blank? No excepts at all. That would certainly be "topic neutral."
And, even if you do have excepts that are not "topic neutral" (and what the hell is that really?), how does that take away someone's freedom to BUY (your caps not mine) whatever they want wherever they want? You are aware you can delete the excerpts off the Reader, I know you are, you mentioned it earlier. Or is there something I don't know about Sony?? Are you limited to purchasing books that are preloaded?
What is or is not "anti-Hispanic" or "anti-African-American" (I really hate that term ... if it's anti-Black, who the heck cares if they are American, Canadian, or actually African), is in the eye of the beholder. What one person (of the same race or religion) might consider insulting, another might not.
If you're not talking about censorship, I don't understand what you are talking about. Who's going to be the person who decides what is or is not "topic neutral"? You??
