BOYCOTT AMAZON.COM IN ITS SUPPORT OF COCKFIGHTING!

brookcove

I have the right to purchase my reading material, and other things Amazon sells, from people I think should get my money.  That includes local book stores, family businesses, producers of humanely raised meat and dairy products, local farmers rather than agricorps, supplement companies who do not exploit local producers or damage ecosystems, petroleum products from friendly countries. 

And that's wonderful, I applaud you for that. Not purchasing from Amazon because they're a huge corporation is different IMO than not purchasing from them because they sell a certain book. If they stopped selling cockfighting books, you still wouldn't buy from them, if I understand you correctly, because your "boycott" (which isn't really) has nothing to do with what books they do or don't sell, true? Whereas it seems to me the OP would buy from them if they stopped selling the books she objects to.

If I could afford to buy all my books from sources besides Amazon, without having to buy half as many books (because their prices are sooo good, plus the free shipping..can't beat it..but I do realize they're no doubt Walmart-like bullies of the cyber world), I would, but my moral integrity ain't that strong yet.

I'm not into the whole book burning thing, so I don't find it offensive that Amazon chooses to carry books that might not go along with my personal beliefs.  Rather than boycott the company I would show my lack of interest in a book by simply not reading it.

If they stopped selling cockfighting books, you still wouldn't buy from them, if I understand you correctly, because your "boycott" (which isn't really) has nothing to do with what books they do or don't sell, true?

True.  You are stating my point much clearer than I stated it (I have to plea the migraine that was plaguing me yesterday).  What I meant to say both times (ugh), was that by electing to spend my money in the manner I've described, I'm far less likely to "accidentally" support something that goes against my concience.  I've found that over and over as these various boycotts are proposed (BOYCOTT WALMART< THEY SELL PORN!  BOYCOTT PURDUE, THEIR CHICKENS LIVE IN APPALLING CONDITIONS, BOYCOTT P&G, THEY PUT THE SIGN OF THE DEVIL ON THEIR LOGO), they don't affect me anyway.

It's like I've got a meta-boycott going.  But as you say, it's not a boycott, it's just a set of purchasing guidelines that tends to select against corporations, which themselves tend to make poor decisions about business practices.  Instead of being "anti" - I ask myself whether there's a better way to spend my money, in every purchasing situation.

Again, it's really nice because one meets terrific people, and it's wonderful being that much closer to the products one uses, and feelin part of a community instead of a number on a spreadsheet.  Well, I'm still a number on a spreadsheet in a lot of places, but not as many as once upon a time!   

I have to agree with Chelsea, I do not believe in censorship. And like Brookcove, I am selective in who gets my money.

And if you really get down to it, it's not really Amazon that you need to go after, yes they sell the book and yes they make money on it, but they didn't write it and they can't make you buy it.

Truley

I have to agree with Chelsea, I do not believe in censorship. And like Brookcove, I am selective in who gets my money.

Yes and yes.

I am selective about where I spend my money. There are companies I will not support, for reasons that have nothing to do with censorship.

And I don't object to people choosing to avoid Amazon for what it sells. I do object to organized campaigns designed to force Amazon into limiting what books it sells. Especially when coupled with hysteria: "OMG AMAZON HAS C*CKFIGHTS IN THE STAFF LOUNGE!!!"  

chelsea_b

 Whereas it seems to me the OP would buy from them if they stopped selling the books she objects to.

Actually, I won't buy from them again ever.  Even if they do pull this material.  For a number of reasons.  Not the least of which is their determination to sell ILLEGAL material.  To me, it's no different than if they were selling child porn, there's a law against it, previously cited, and they're choosing to operate in flagrant violation of that law.  2nd because they're capricious.  They've pulled material due to public pressure in the past, it's about the money and not the principles to them, this is an issue I'm willing to apply my teeny tiny bit of monetary pressure on.  And it hurts me.  I love Amazon and have spent alot of money there on great books.  Oh well.  *** and dog fighting is something I feel pretty darned strongly about and won't knowingly give someone or something money that engages in behavior or practices I object to if I can help it.  I don't feed Royal Canin (other than treats) but was willing to stop buying those treats if they'd participated in the breeder conference sponsored by Hunte. 

BTW, censorship is not exercised by individuals, it's action taken by the government, so references to that and Fahrenheit 451 are off base, this is consumers exercising their freedom of choice, not calling for a governmental action.  If I don't buy a book, it's not censorship, it's a boycott, like those pesky activists down in Montgomery who chose walking.  ;) 

I'm not sure why people are getting their panties in a bunch.  Last time I checked, people have the right to put their money (or not put their money) into whatever company they want, for whatever reasons they want.

Sorry, but I don't lend my dollars to anyone who makes money off of dog or c*ock fighting, whether it is a book seller or not.  if people think that this means that I am a book burner, then they have missed the point.