Amazon removing gay ebooks from their catalog again

[carld]

Originally Posted by Rizla

Does Amazon stock hetero-sexual manga porn? If so, then I call bigot. If not, then that's fair enough. Even Max on TMZ thinks manga porn is weird...

Yes, they do.

[ardeegee]

Originally Posted by Rizla

Does Amazon stock hetero-sexual manga porn?

Depends on what you mean by "stock." Ship it directly from their warehouses? I don't know. Allow 3rd parties to sell it? Yes. The first "classic" notorious title I could think of is sold there:

http://www.amazon.com/Destiny-Blue-G...dp/1586648713/

(It is of the "tentacle rape" variety.)

Edit: I see that they do directly stock and sell a series I read recently: Sundome. It is mostly more ecchi than hentai, but it can get pretty heavy in spots and, since the characters are high-school students, it fits many people's definition of child pornography.

http://www.amazon.com/Sundome-1-v-KA...dp/0759528500/

[stickybuns]

Originally Posted by Nyssa

One does not need to be in the market for something to know where they can find it. There are at least 3 in Raleigh and 10 in the surrounding areas, although I have no idea about distances (as I've never been to North Carolina). I love

Ha! GMTA... Google Maps turned up 778 for "Adult Entertainment Stores" in the greater Raleigh area. (And, wowzers... apparently there's 5,749 shopping options in my neck of the woods).

[crich70]

True. It reminds me of the quote from "The Untouchables" about where to find the booze. Sean Connery's character says something to the point of everyone knows where it is, but the point is who wants to cross Capone. Similar idea though not quite the same. Even those who claim to not have interest in porn (and I'm not saying they do but just want to seem to not have interest) probably either knows where to find it or knows someone who knows where to find it.

Originally Posted by Nyssa

One does not need to be in the market for something to know where they can find it. There are at least 3 in Raleigh and 10 in the surrounding areas, although I have no idea about distances (as I've never been to North Carolina). I love

[Rizla]

Originally Posted by ardeegee

Edit: I see that they do directly stock and sell a series I read recently

Ah well then. It's confirmed. Amazon are either managed by bigots or kowtow to consumer bigots. The English speaking book market is in safe hands!

[Rizla]

Originally Posted by ardeegee

(It is of the "tentacle rape" variety.)

Sounds classy!

[Iphinome]

Originally Posted by GA Russell

Of course. It seems like I read in the paper about people getting arrested for having pornography on their computers all the time.

You are aware that pornography is a multi-billion dollar industry in the US? Surely sometime in the past 60 years you've heard of a man named Hugh Heffner? He started a magazine with despite the jokes many worthwhile articles (I had to study some my freshman year in college) but also photos of naked women to be used as masturbatory material. Pornography.

What people get arrested for is having videos and photos that are exploitative because the people in them were under the age of being able to enter into contrasts and not legally able to participate in such things. Exploitation of minors is illegal not pornography of adults for adults.

[GA Russell]

Originally Posted by Iphinome

Exploitation of minors is illegal not pornography of adults for adults.

To my knowledge, every time the US Supreme Court has ruled on this matter they have disagreed with you.

[Iphinome]

Originally Posted by GA Russell

To my knowledge, every time the US Supreme Court has ruled on this matter they have disagreed with you.

[citation needed]

[ardeegee]

Originally Posted by GA Russell

To my knowledge, every time the US Supreme Court has ruled on this matter they have disagreed with you.

Here's a little expansion of your knowledge:

http://articles.cnn.com/2002-04-16/j...vity?_s=PM:LAW

http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/01/copa

[GA Russell]

Thanks for those links, ardeegee.

The first supports my contention that pornography which violates community standards is illegal.

[Iphinome]

Originally Posted by GA Russell

Thanks for those links, ardeegee.

The first supports my contention that pornography which violates community standards is illegal.

Goalpost moving. You said pornography is illegal.

[ardeegee]

Originally Posted by GA Russell

Thanks for those links, ardeegee.

The first supports my contention that pornography which violates community standards is illegal.

How about this piece from 60 minutes?:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/...in585049.shtml

A choice quote from the article: "The only explicit, hard-core sexual material that is absolutely illegal by law in the U.S. today is child pornography -- all other material must be put before a jury."

Sorry, GA, but reality doesn't reflect your delusions.

[GA Russell]

Originally Posted by GA Russell

Pornography has always been illegal in the United States. As far as I know, we still are under the "community standards" test set down by the Supreme Court decades ago. In the US, it is considered by the law to be perfectly legitimate for members of the community to impose their standards regarding pornography.

Originally Posted by Iphinome

Goalpost moving. You said pornography is illegal.

Iphinome, my quote here is the first three sentences of my first post to this thread (post 69).

The goalpost remains unmoved from that first post. ardeegee's link verifies that we are still under the "community standards" test.

[DiapDealer]

So by your own logic; if it's not deemed illegal by community standards, then it must not be pornography?