Censored!

[Feraud]

Of course not. That is not a 1st Amendment question.

This thread is about "Should Some Speech/Literature be Censored" and THAT is a 1st amendment question.

The literature part is what Lizzie has made multiple responses to..

 

[1961MJS]

Hi, I voted in the no never category. Having said that I fully support Amazon's decision NOT to sell the book. If I owned Amazon, that would have been my decision also. Note that the GOVERNMENT didn't censor the author OR Amazon. You don't want it, don't buy it. You don't want to sell it, don't.

That's a SICK book to write. Not sure who's the bigger slug, author or buyer.

later

 

[Foofoogal]

Seriously, I do not sell some products because I don't like them or they do not fit what I am trying to portray. Even e bay censors selling some items. I don't sell some literature. One of the malls I am on had a big hoohaw a few years about this. Some dealers did not want to sell Playboys and some of the other girlie mags and some did.
If one is in a mall in real world some do not want to be next door to the xrated book store. I am sure Amazon is thinking of this also. Majority vs minority and losing more dealers not wanting this then do. Bottom line is business.

Common sense.

 

[Feraud]

I voted "yes, in specific cases." No, never is too narrow a view to have.
Seriously.. who here can not think of examples when literature or speech should be censored by either laws, business practice, or the common sense of our fellow man?

 

[PoohBang]

I guess I don't understand what this thread is about. It's called "Should Some Speech/Literature be Censored?" but it's really about should stores be allowed to chose that they sell?

 

[scotrace]

You know, this is indeed an interesting topic, but I think we'll stop here, for a couple of reasons:

1. No relation at all to what the FL is about. It's kind of bloggy.
2. Ick. High on the Skin Crawl meter.