Re: RC: Fwd: RC: Re: Amazon.com sells "Cannibal Ferox" - a film with torture of anim...

[Bette Lamore <woa@stormnet.com>]

OOOPS-SyLvia <BG> My fingers were too fast for my brain (running slow
these days)

Bette Lamore wrote:
> 
> Dear Syvia
> I Agree! Nothing is wrong with giving your opinion. Encouraging or
> discouraging a business to promote a particular product is hardly
> censorship. Would we be a little miffed if Vons or Safeway started
> selling porn videos next to the National Enquirer (the natural place for
> them?) at the check-out stands? Voicing our opinions is guaranteed by
> the First Amendment, I believe. We are not talking about burning books
> here. I'm sure there are appropriate outlets for videos of this type;
> just surprising that Amazon.com would give space for this type of
> product. Their choice, but then it is our choice whether or not to
> patronize them.
> Bette
> 
> Dbeverly4@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > In a message dated 8/4/00 4:02:48 PM Pacific Daylight Time, Dbeverly4 writes:
> >
> > << In a message dated 8/4/00 9:20:14 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> > twoodcock@lendleaserei.com writes:
> >
> >  << Forgo censorship in favor of freemarket economics, as in, if you don't
> > like, you
> >   don't buy?  It's not apathy, it's individualism.
> >    >>
> >
> >  Telling a company that you don't like something does not equal censorship.
> > I think its called free speech -- works both ways I guess.
> >
> >  Sylvia
> >   >>
> >
> >   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Subject: Re: RC: Re: Amazon.com sells "Cannibal Ferox" - a film with torture of anim...
> > Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2000 19:02:48 EDT
> > From: Dbeverly4@aol.com
> > To: twoodcock@lendleaserei.com
> > CC: ridecamp@endurane.net
> >
> > In a message dated 8/4/00 9:20:14 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> > twoodcock@lendleaserei.com writes:
> >
> > << Forgo censorship in favor of freemarket economics, as in, if you don't
> > like, you
> >  don't buy?  It's not apathy, it's individualism.
> >   >>
> >
> > Telling a company that you don't like something does not equal censorship.  I
> > think its called free speech -- works both ways I guess.
> >
> > Sylvia
> 
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