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I don't want to assume, so I'll ask.
Considering that the government isn't banning this particular book and that you're free to purchase it on other sites, what does it matter to you if Amazon carries it or not? Do you believe that stores that deal in digital content have an obligation to carry everything? What do you base this on? Does it have to do with the title? Do you think that if they ban these books, people won't be exposed to its ideas and you think they should? Is it anger at the groups who you think want it banned? Or, do you think this will lead to them banning things you do like, and having to go somewhere else? |
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Personally, I'm against unfair corporate and government practices based on race, religion, sexual orientation and so on. Something doesn't have to matter to me on a personal level for it to be important. I don't personally care whether Amazon carries books on Buddhism or Islam, but banning them while leaving Christian and Jewish titles alone would certainly get my attention.
Also, as far as I know, the title in question was never released as an ebook, not that that matters, but I thought I'd mention it. |
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People pretending they can just sell it somewhere else instead is one of the excuses that has been used several times as to why it can't be considered censorship.
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that's the problem for the author. and it appears there are other places to sell it, someone mentioned a house that specializes in erotica earlier
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Power to the people! But only (evidently) the people who wish to promote rape and pedophelia. Those who don't want to sell that crud are clearly evil Nazis. Didn't you get the memo? |
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Oh good Lord, this book isn't about promoting rape. It's a novel about a rapist, it no more promotes rape than American Psycho promotes murder or the Saw movies promote insane serial killers.
PS: And I guess we should ban this book for promoting rape, and this one, and this one, and this one for having a title that's much too provocative. Last edited by carld; 01-02-2011 at 05:57 PM. |
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And, again, I don't see how this hurts authors, customer, or *anyone* more than a tradpublisher not publishing the book in the first place. Tradpubs: we will read your book and if it meets our standards (which we alone decide), we'll publish it. Amazon: we will publish your book, and if we later determine it doesn't meet our standards (which we alone decide), we will stop publishing it. Authors and customers are better off with Amazon's system. |
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Has anyone considered the strong possibility that the ebook in question was pulled because it was illiterate garbage?
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No, I haven't.
Just wondering if anyone had considered that possibility. |
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I'm not really heavily involved in this debate, but for perspective, my position is that Amazon has a right to do what they choose, and their customers also have a right to be concerned about their actions. I really can see it from all sides in terms of business practices. My issue here has been that some people are labeling it with all sorts of labels when they haven't actually read it, and it's getting mixed up in the debate about "the other book" in "the other thread". That's why I asked the question of you - I wasn't sure where you were going with that and I didn't want to assume either way before commenting. I do try to be a diplomat, though I sometimes fail miserably. ![]() |
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