Back in 2003, I ceased being an Amazon affiliate--losing a small but steady stream of money in the process. Why? Because they were busily defending the importance of selling a book advocating going after little boys for sex. My attempts at getting a sensible answer out of them convinced me that they were either hopelessly PC--or there was a darker motive for this.
This was apparently not a one-time quirk. This article at Business Insider reports that Amazon is refusing to allow porn to be sold through their Kindle electronic book reader store--but The Pedophiles Guide to Love and Pleasure is being offered--and they are not going to take it down. According to one commenter, the book "goes into detail in how to molest a boy under the age of 13, and also advises fellow pedophiles how not to get caught with child pornography." (And there is more in that comment that I will not quote. Too gross.)
What's with Amazon? If they sold everything--including porn--I would be disappointed. But they keep getting self-righteous about selling stuff that even most Democrats aren't prepared to defend.
Looks as though large numbers of protesters can have an effect.
ReplyDeleteThey still are carrying the other one though...
ReplyDeleteI pointed out that this book was still being sold by Amazon on facebook, and a few people picked it up and spread it and now this book is gone from the website too...
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