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Originally Posted by Sonist
Hm, I must have missed the memo, since I was not aware of this, until I read it here.
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Everyone does it (here). Do you see any porn DVDs at Wal-Mart?
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Originally Posted by Sonist
Or is it because it's seen as sinful in the Bible Belt? But then, it should really be O.K. for Amazon to filter gay titles, since they are in fact seen as even MORE dangerous and offensive to certain sensibilities, than straight "adult titles.
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Because, as much as people like to characterize the Bible Belt as the source of all social conservatism, the truth is the majority of Americans still don't want to see porn mixed in with the "regular" stuff. Thanks to social progress, the majority no longer balks at LGBT literature, or doesn't care enough that they'll stop shopping there. But it doesn't all change overnight. Amazon made a *business* decision, and a very common one. The reason LGBT stuff is allowed is because the people who would be most offended, the Bible Belt, either don't use Amazon, don't read, don't care enough, or simply wouldn't be able to impact business as much as a progressive LGBT boycott would.
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And what exactly constitutes an "adult" title worth of being filtered without notice to the searcher? The Decameron? Or Lady Chatterley's Lover? Or Death in Venice? Or Lolita?
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I agree that these are problems on the edges, but these usually get sorted out one way or another to the satisfaction of most people.