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Amazon Censorship Expands

Posted by samzenpus on from the seven-words-you-can-never-read dept.

Nom du Keyboard writes "Recently word leaked out about Amazon removing titles containing fictional incest. Surprisingly that ban didn't extend to the 10 titles of Science Fiction Grand Master Robert A. Heinlein that incorporate various themes of incest and pedophilia. Now, it seems that the censorship is expanding to m/m gay fiction if it contains the magic word 'rape' in the title. Just how far is this going to be allowed to proceed in relative silence, and who is pushing these sudden decisions on Amazon's part?"

6 of 764 comments (clear)

  1. Amazon makes a good call by Proudrooster · · Score: 1, Funny

    Amazon has made a good call here by protecting its brand and not associating itself with illegal and immoral activities like pedophilia.

  2. How about this one? by Haedrian · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Cooking with Rapeseed oil"

  3. Re:Just wait. by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's too bad: If Lot's daughters had had access to the valuable moral contained in the Dead Kennedy's classic Too Drunk to Fuck none of this would have ever happened...

  4. Re:fahrenheit ??? by GofG · · Score: 4, Funny

    actually the combustion temperature of paper is no-where near 451F. It is closer to 840F (source), which is 450C. It was gonna be "Celcius 450" but "Fahrenheit 451" sounds cooler.

    --
    GFA/M/S d-- s: a--- C++++ UBL++$ P+ L+++ !E- W++ N+ !o K- w--- !O !M !V PS++ PE Y+ PGP+ t+++ 5- X+ R tv@ b++ DI++++ D+ G
  5. Re:fahrenheit ??? by pipatron · · Score: 4, Funny

    It was gonna be "Celcius 450" but "Fahrenheit 451" sounds cooler

    I see what you did there.

    --
    c++; /* this makes c bigger but returns the old value */
  6. Re:Just wait. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "the Bible would be rated NC-17 "

    Thats nothing, during the late 60's there was a show on TV that had the first interracial kiss. It was rated NCC-1701