What does Boylove (you know, the sexual exploitation of underage boys by pedophiles) have to do with some of your favorite grocery products? Well, evidently more than one would like.Amazon.com is offering a pedophile book: Viamund the Boylove Vampyre Says...: Poetry & Haiku's (Paperback)by Octaevius Altair, for sale on it's website. And, interestingly it seems that while Amazon is claiming freedom of expression, and their need to provide a voice to different authors of all backgrounds as it's reason for offering the book... the companies in the following Amazon ad just want to get exposure for their products, even if it means doing on a site that is openly promoting pedophilia propaganda.
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Yes, that's right folks, these companies are paying Amazon to show their ads, and therefore are directly encouraging Amazon's choice to sell this book.
Thankfully, we don't drink Maxwell House in THIS house, because I buy the coffee around here. And, although I've always liked Post, I'm sure that I can find another brand of cereal for the kids breakfast. Kraft might be a little more difficult to replace, but if they are willing to pay Amazon to run ads on product pages that encourage the sexual exploitation of children- I'm not willing to feed my family their products.
Now, in all fairness, it could be that Amazon isn't really aware of the subject matter of this
It could be that they aren't aware... but they are. We know that they are aware of the subject and content, because they were contacted about it. Sadly, it seems that they just don't care.
In fact their response to a fellow blogger who contacted them was firmly supportive of the keeping this filth available, from Gawfer:
Thank you for writing to Amazon.com.As a retailer, our goal is to provide customers with the broadest selection possible so they can find, discover, and buy any item they might be seeking. That selection includes some items which many people may find objectionable. Therefore, the items offered on our web site represent a wide spectrum of opinions on a variety of topics.Amazon.com believes it is censorship not to display certain articles because we believe their message is objectionable.
There is more to the response, so please head over to read the full thing. I'm sure you will be just as shocked as I was.
Now, in fairness, before I ask you to blindly make prompt decisions about this problem- you need to know just what sort of issue we are dealing with. For this, I'll need you to read a little about the this propaganda, as discovered out by AZ:
Not surprising at all is the fact that Viamund had a very difficult time finding a publisher. CafePress, Lulu.com, PABD, iUniverse all refused him. His British contact agreed with Lulu that the material was illegal. The ACLU refused to take his case stating they cannot MAKE someone print your book if they don't wish to. Picture Postage in Canada refused to produce his postage stamps claiming his image was inappropriate on a stamp. Some of the responses he received were:
- marketing products that may promote indecent relationships between adults and
minors is strictly prohibited
- If you do not agree with the rules outlined in the agreement then we suggest you
find another means to publish your book
- the material is ILLEGAL and a threat to the American public
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Here are some of the people who have responded to our complaints swiftly and are refusing to sell this book:
* Barnes & Noble
* Target
* Books-A-Million
* TextbookX
* Buy.com
And this is who hasn't: Alibris and Amazon.
Please read the entire post by AZ, as it is important that we hold these companies which would endorse the sexual exploitation of children, in order to line their own pockets; just how we feel about this.
And, until Amazon, Kraft, Post and Maxwell House are willing to stop endorsing this book by selling it, or by supporting the company which is selling it- please take a moment and let them know just where you stand on pedophilia propaganda being openly advertised and sold.
Big H/T toKate for mentioning this.
UPDATE: Here is the response from Amazon.com to me:
"Amazon.com Customer Service"
Thank you for writing to Amazon.com with your comments about the listing of "Viamund the Boylove."
I realize that you have been greatly inconvenienced by this situation. Please know that you are a valued customer of Amazon.com, and I am very sorry if the listing of this product has caused you any offense.
Please note that, customer service is not in a position to make changes to web site features or functions. Likewise, we cannot make promises that other departments will make changes at our request. The most we can do is to be sure that your comments are forwarded to those who have these responsibilities.
Rest assured that we have forwarded your comments to appropriate department in our company for consideration to remove the item from our web site.
Please know that we do take the feedback very seriously. Strong customer feedback like yours helps us continue to improve the selection and service we provide, and we appreciate the time you took to write to us.
Please let me assure you that we have done so. I hope you will understand our limitations in this regard.
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UPDATE:
Found the pedo freak's MySpace
And Blogger Profile
And his ringsworld page
And his Vampire Freaks Page
And his MeetMeInTo Verison 3 Page
And his Vibe Page
And his Boywiki Page- where he asks that boyrapist go support NAMBLA
Heh. Sick pedo freak.