[Alisa]

Personally, I'm waiting to see how this plays out and if it's just a "glitch" as they claim. I can see ways that could be true. I also wouldn't mind if they gave people an option to exclude things with certain tags from their searches. They could even make an option for people to override public tags. Maybe they could even subscribe to a tagging and filter set. Groups that thought certain works were objectionable could make their own lists and their members could use them to filter their searches. I'm of the opinion that folks should have nothing to fear from knowing these books exist or seeing the cover when they're searching for something else, but if it makes them uncomfortable I have no problem with Amazon giving them the tools to make themselves comfortable. However, I think Amazon is heading into a quagmire if they try to filter these books themselves. They would do better to stay, for lack of a better term, agnostic on the matter. If they do embark upon this thankless process, they should at least give people a way to opt out of restricted search. If they do, I'd be curious to see the statistics on how people chose.