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Old 05-05-2011, 02:54 PM   #1
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Amazon removing gay ebooks from their catalog again
Link to Publishers Weekly.
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Old 05-05-2011, 03:33 PM   #2
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I say good job Amazon!!!!!! Its nothing but pornography.
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Old 05-05-2011, 03:42 PM   #3
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Why ban just the ebooks, and not the hard(no pun intended) copies too?
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Old 05-05-2011, 03:44 PM   #4
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My guess is it's easier.
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Old 05-05-2011, 03:44 PM   #5
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Also why leave most of the equally explicit straight publications alone? If you're going to enforce a rule then at least apply it equally to all material.
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Old 05-05-2011, 03:53 PM   #6
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Also why leave most of the equally explicit straight publications alone? If you're going to enforce a rule then at least apply it equally to all material.
K for that.
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Old 05-05-2011, 04:07 PM   #7
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I didn't read the article closely, but could it possibly be that it is Manga and something that kids might like? is there currently straight manga porn?
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Old 05-05-2011, 04:13 PM   #8
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I don't read manga of any sort, but from what I understand, most of it is heterosexual material aimed at the straight male audience.
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Good I would also like to see all the other porn removed from amazon especially where the covers are explicit.
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is there currently straight manga porn?
Yes, and plenty of it.
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Old 05-05-2011, 04:40 PM   #11
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I don't read manga of any sort, but from what I understand, most of it is heterosexual material aimed at the straight male audience.
Manga is published in a much wider variety of categories than comics in the US. Major categories include Shōnen (target audience younger males, largely action driven), Shōjo (target audience younger females, largely character or romance driven), Senin (target adult males, possibly sexual content, or possibly just topics that would be boring to younger males), and Josei (target adult females, ditto.)

Yaoi is actually read largely by heterosexual females in Japan. There is also Yuri manga.
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Old 05-05-2011, 04:45 PM   #12
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How can an ebook be gay?
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Old 05-05-2011, 04:48 PM   #13
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I say good job Amazon!!!!!! Its nothing but pornography.
Well, if you don't like it, don't buy it. I don't consume porn but I consider good, straightforward porn as much more acceptable than the rubbish churned out by Glenn Beck & Co. Yet I wouldn't ask Amazon to remove these either.

This attitude of censoring the content provided to their customers that is repeatedly being shown by both Apple and Amazon is one of the reasons I wouldn't buy their products at the moment.
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Also why leave most of the equally explicit straight publications alone? If you're going to enforce a rule then at least apply it equally to all material.
I agree completely.
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Old 05-05-2011, 06:19 PM   #15
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Well, Bezos and Jobs always said they knew best. Time to run out and spend more money at Amazon to let Bezos know we approve of his censorship attempts to save us from ourselves (said dripping with sarcasm).
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