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Originally Posted by kad032000
FYI, if you truly, truly have a problem with them filtering anything at all, then you may have a legitimate stance to argue from. But then, you probably shouldn't be posting on a forum board that has rules and moderators...
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I'm not with the torches-and-pitchforks mob, but I think there's a substantial difference between posting on a board with moderators and buying from a store that deliberately hides some of its merchandise so you have to know exactly where to look to find it, regardless of intent. I'm inclined to agree that Amazon-the-corporation did not mean to be discriminatory against the GLBT community in this case, but this kind of programming glitch is one of many reasons why broadly applied filtering -- whether the customer wants it or not-- is a bad idea. I think Amazon would meet its customers needs much better by allowing customers to select the areas of their store that they don't want included in searches, rather than making assumptions about what any specific customer would consider acceptable.
I won't boycott them over this. But I did cancel my Prime membership recently due to several other things they've done. At the present time, I'd rather buy from Powell's or Fictionwise.