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Postby Gregory124 on Wed Jun 07, 2006 4:01 am

On May 30, Amazon spammed its customers with advertisement of Norman
Finkelstein's virulently anti-Semitic book, Beyond Chutzpah: on the
Misuse
of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History.

On April 4, in an unprecedented move, Amazon deleted all reviews of
Obadiah
Shoher's Samson Blinded: A Machiavellian Perspective on the Middle East
Conflict. A few days later, Amazon forced its subsidiary Booksurge to
terminate publishing contract with Shoher whose book is now only
available
for download from www.samsonblinded.info Google earlier banned
advertising
of the Samson Blinded for "unacceptable content."

Obadiah Shoher, an anonymous politician, abandons myths and moralizing
in
favor of realpolitik. He argues for raw efficiency of antiterrorist
operations and shedding liberal idealism. Shoher asks inconvenient
questions
and gives honest answers.

Oppose Amazon's censorship! Read the Samson Blinded
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Postby Samppa on Wed Jun 07, 2006 6:08 pm

Why would I want to "oppose their censorship"? It's their site, they can do what they like with it.
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Postby Pete on Thu Jun 08, 2006 1:12 am

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Postby Samppa on Thu Jun 08, 2006 3:32 pm

Yes, free speech, part of the constitution, yada yada.

Amazon, or any other store, has no responsibility to offer all kinds of books. They have the right to censor what they sell, and they do not have a responsibility to make sure freedom of speech is not breached by pulling books out of sale. The constitution does not bind them to do anything like that.
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