Amazon defends selling of Paedophile Guide

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  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    freehub wrote:
    No, that be on the dailymail site.

    You've FAILed to realise I was supporting your opinion, Will!

    I will continue to use Amazon if they have the best price for something I want to buy. All these frothing uninformed comments are giving me a freakin headache.

    To all the posters harping on about how they're going to boycott Amazon, we need to know where you buy your groceries, petrol, clothes, electrical items so we can make sure you're being completely rational about all this.
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  • verylonglegs
    verylonglegs Posts: 4,023
    IronHorse100 wrote:
    mcj78 wrote:
    IronHorse100 wrote:
    Will you also boycott Tesco's on the basis that it sells sexualised clothing for girls under 16?

    Nope, I don't go to Tesco as in my experience it's a soul-less shitehole of a place where you'll have better chance of finding a good deal on a 60" hdtv than bananas.
    .
    soulless? It's a supermarket FFS - what do you expect, Damien Hirst installations and jazz musicians jamming in the aisles? I go there to get great, cheap food, not enrich my soul.

    Haha, you missed the obvious response to that post which was to enquire where exactly one should shop for food so they come away with a warm happy glow as well as their groceries.
  • gavintc
    gavintc Posts: 3,009
    freehub wrote:
    guinea wrote:
    ShutUpLegs wrote:
    Un. Be. Freaking. Lievable some of the ignorance and comments on this thread.

    Think before you post eh?

    I know, some of the comments are just silly!

    I agree, I was not sure which set of posts he did not like so I have presumed that he was in the keep buying from Amazon group. I certainly will not stop buying, indeed I have just spend 40 pounds a few minutes ago.
  • Herbie The Dog
    Herbie The Dog Posts: 343
    gavintc wrote:
    freehub wrote:
    guinea wrote:
    ShutUpLegs wrote:
    Un. Be. Freaking. Lievable some of the ignorance and comments on this thread.

    Think before you post eh?

    I know, some of the comments are just silly!

    I agree, I was not sure which set of posts he did not like so I have presumed that he was in the keep buying from Amazon group. I certainly will not stop buying, indeed I have just spend 40 pounds a few minutes ago.

    I've just received my £10 'cashback' voucher for excessive use of an Amazon credit card. Morally I don't want to use it...so who wants it? Yeah right...

    In the real world I'm off to use it to buy a treat for my little 'un.

    How weird is that? Buying something for my son from a website some deem as a paedo haven that should be banished from the face of the earth.

    And for those calling on us to boycott Amazon. How long for? Today, a week, forever?
  • dodgy
    dodgy Posts: 2,890
    I think this is fantastic news. A nice paper trail with credit card transactions leading to potential child molesters all over the place :idea:
  • Thick Tester
    Thick Tester Posts: 380
    Support the local man - end of story
  • Heckler1974
    Heckler1974 Posts: 479
    Thick Tester wrote:
    Support the local man - end of story

    Unless he's a pedo. (obviously)
  • Cleat Eastwood
    Cleat Eastwood Posts: 7,508
    Aren't you all getting worked up over the books title rather than it's content. This has all the witchhunting potential of the attacks on the paedeotricians house a few years back.
    The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns
    momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself.
  • tarquin_foxglove
    tarquin_foxglove Posts: 554
    Looks like it has been removed from Amazon.
  • dodgy
    dodgy Posts: 2,890
    Cleat Eastwood wrote:
    Aren't you all getting worked up over the books title rather than it's content. This has all the witchhunting potential of the attacks on the paedeotricians house a few years back.

    Which never happened.
  • IronHorse100
    IronHorse100 Posts: 302
    dodgy wrote:
    Cleat Eastwood wrote:
    Aren't you all getting worked up over the books title rather than it's content. This has all the witchhunting potential of the attacks on the paedeotricians house a few years back.

    Which never happened.

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/901723.stm
  • shm_uk
    shm_uk Posts: 683
    ... meanwhile Amazon have removed said book from their shelves. So to speak. Due to all the negative attention they're receiving.
  • paulbox
    paulbox Posts: 1,203
    shm_uk wrote:
    ... meanwhile Amazon have removed said book from their shelves. So to speak. Due to all the negative attention they're receiving.

    Jeees... They'll ban hunting next... :wink:
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Aaaand relax.

    Some interesting points of view. I dont give a damn about the legalities of selling the book, just the fact that a) someone wrote it and b) amazon defended their position when the contents were brought to light.
    Anyway, mission accomplished, public outcry = book removed.
  • Herbie The Dog
    Herbie The Dog Posts: 343
    NapoleonD wrote:
    Aaaand relax.

    Some interesting points of view. I dont give a damn about the legalities of selling the book, just the fact that a) someone wrote it and b) amazon defended their position when the contents were brought to light.
    Anyway, mission accomplished, public outcry = book removed.

    And the Daily Mail wins again.

    Just goes to show how accurate that Brass Eye special was.
  • mcj78
    mcj78 Posts: 634
    IronHorse100 wrote:
    mcj78 wrote:
    IronHorse100 wrote:
    Will you also boycott Tesco's on the basis that it sells sexualised clothing for girls under 16?

    Nope, I don't go to Tesco as in my experience it's a soul-less shitehole of a place where you'll have better chance of finding a good deal on a 60" hdtv than bananas.
    .
    soulless? It's a supermarket FFS - what do you expect, Damien Hirst installations and jazz musicians jamming in the aisles? I go there to get great, cheap food, not enrich my soul.

    No, strangely enough I go to supermarkets to buy food - my point being that a supermarket the size of a large aircraft hangar with no f@cking bananas isn't much use to me, sorry for causing you so much offence - you've obviously a big fan of tesco.

    Anyway, has the author of this paedo book been burned at the stake yet? I love a good paedo burning me.

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  • IronHorse100
    IronHorse100 Posts: 302
    mcj78 wrote:
    No, strangely enough I go to supermarkets to buy food - my point being that a supermarket the size of a large aircraft hangar with no f@cking bananas isn't much use to me, sorry for causing you so much offence - you've obviously a big fan of tesco.)
    nah not really - I was being deliberately argumentative. I'm an Aldi man myself - you can't beat it for hot Polish chicks and good quality cheap German lager (brewed in accordance with the Reinheitsgebot, naturally)
  • dodgy
    dodgy Posts: 2,890
    IronHorse100 wrote:
    dodgy wrote:
    Cleat Eastwood wrote:
    Aren't you all getting worked up over the books title rather than it's content. This has all the witchhunting potential of the attacks on the paedeotricians house a few years back.

    Which never happened.

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/901723.stm

    Jebus. Think I must have been thinking about something else. Amazing isn't it?
  • verylonglegs
    verylonglegs Posts: 4,023
    NapoleonD wrote:
    Aaaand relax.

    Some interesting points of view. I dont give a damn about the legalities of selling the book, just the fact that a) someone wrote it and b) amazon defended their position when the contents were brought to light.
    Anyway, mission accomplished, public outcry = book removed.

    Any other legalities you feel are discretionary?
  • danlikesbikes
    danlikesbikes Posts: 3,898
    FYI Amazon removed the book yesterday (10/11/2010) so no need to worry about it anymore.
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  • softlad
    softlad Posts: 3,513
    verylonglegs wrote:
    NapoleonD wrote:
    Aaaand relax.

    Some interesting points of view. I dont give a damn about the legalities of selling the book, just the fact that a) someone wrote it and b) amazon defended their position when the contents were brought to light.
    Anyway, mission accomplished, public outcry = book removed.

    Any other legalities you feel are discretionary?

    that fella Hitler wrote a book once - he shouldn't be allowed to get away with it......

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mein-Kampf-Adol ... 817224164X
  • gavintc
    gavintc Posts: 3,009
    dodgy wrote:
    IronHorse100 wrote:
    dodgy wrote:
    Cleat Eastwood wrote:
    Aren't you all getting worked up over the books title rather than it's content. This has all the witchhunting potential of the attacks on the paedeotricians house a few years back.

    Which never happened.

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/901723.stm

    Jebus. Think I must have been thinking about something else. Amazing isn't it?

    I too had this logged in the memory as an urban myth so I did some googling and came across this report:

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/4719364.stm

    I think the earlier BBC Wales link seems to be accurate as there are other links to it from other news agencies.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    verylonglegs wrote:
    NapoleonD wrote:
    Aaaand relax.

    Some interesting points of view. I dont give a damn about the legalities of selling the book, just the fact that a) someone wrote it and b) amazon defended their position when the contents were brought to light.
    Anyway, mission accomplished, public outcry = book removed.

    Any other legalities you feel are discretionary?

    I was referring to Spen666 asserting the fact that it wasn't illegal for Amazon to sell it. I don't care if it's legal, it shouldn't be and they shouldn't be selling it even if it is technically legal. Don't twist my words.
  • shouldbeinbed
    shouldbeinbed Posts: 2,660
    bad taste amazon but
    Ben6899 wrote:
    we need to know where you buy your groceries, petrol, clothes, electrical items so we can make sure you're being completely rational about all this.

    you might need to know, I don't give a monkeys.

    I wonder what the 'people who bought this, also bought....' items were?
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,697
    NapoleonD wrote:
    verylonglegs wrote:
    NapoleonD wrote:
    Aaaand relax.

    Some interesting points of view. I dont give a damn about the legalities of selling the book, just the fact that a) someone wrote it and b) amazon defended their position when the contents were brought to light.
    Anyway, mission accomplished, public outcry = book removed.

    Any other legalities you feel are discretionary?

    I was referring to Spen666 asserting the fact that it wasn't illegal for Amazon to sell it. I don't care if it's legal, it shouldn't be and they shouldn't be selling it even if it is technically legal. Don't twist my words.

    he isnt - that is entirely his point!
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Then I haven't a clue what his point is then.
  • Cleat Eastwood
    Cleat Eastwood Posts: 7,508
    The author has just been interviewed on cnn and actually said that relationships with children are not harmful to them (the infants) but such a relationship can cause problems for the man as society sees him as an abuser....wtf.

    They also spoke to an fbi agent who infiltrated the NAMBLA, the north american man boy lovers association, but if you're a stigmatised paedo woudnt it better to have a more discreet name for a paedo club....like....i dunno....the gary glitter fan club.
    The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns
    momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself.
  • TommyEss
    TommyEss Posts: 1,855
    an fbi agent who infiltrated the NAMBLA, the north american man boy lovers association

    Jeez - can you imagine getting the brown envelope marked "FYEO" and then reading that?

    Poor guy...

    Back to the main point, has anybody read the book to justify all the hysteria? Never judge a book by it's cover yadda yadda...?

    No...? :D
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  • crankycrank
    crankycrank Posts: 1,830
    Cleat Eastwood wrote:
    They also spoke to an fbi agent who infiltrated the NAMBLA, the north american man boy lovers association, but if you're a stigmatised paedo woudnt it better to have a more discreet name for a paedo club....like....i dunno....the gary glitter fan club.
    Not sure why the FBI felt the need to infiltrate NAMBLA as they have always been very upfront with their creepyness. Even willing to go on the national news and explain their "organisation". They even threatened to sue the organisers of a Gay Pride parade who wanted to ban NAMBLA from the festivities. The only thing more absurd than their sick sexual fantasies is their stupidity in thinking that society will find this acceptable. Arrggg. Humanity plods along.
  • Will Snow
    Will Snow Posts: 1,154
    wtf this book came up in the recommended for you section
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