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Again, sorry for this vanity. Has anyone else had this problem or am I crazy? Comments?
1 posted on 07/31/2004 2:12:29 PM PDT by Antoninus
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To: Antoninus

Try changing the workding and posting it again.


2 posted on 07/31/2004 2:15:50 PM PDT by Max Combined
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To: Antoninus

They rejected my review of Michael Moore's book twice, telling me I wasn't showing him "proper respect". The review was simply negative, not filled with vile words like so many reviews that they do so often include. So I do think they pick and choose reviews, and also "feature" ones that best present their own viewpoint.


3 posted on 07/31/2004 2:17:57 PM PDT by BonnieJ
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To: Antoninus
Yes. They do this. When Mike Savage's book The Savage Nation came out, they were only displaying negative reviews. It was as if they "sorted" the list for his book starting with the bad reviews.

I wrote to Savage about it, but I didn't get a reply.

5 posted on 07/31/2004 2:20:16 PM PDT by mattdono ([mattdono to John Kerry]: I voted for you...right before I voted against you.)
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To: Antoninus
I don't think Brown is trying to "prove" a theory, he is writing a fiction story that incorporates this as a plot element. It could be that your review seems to be attacking it as a real-world theory rather than a fiction book.

Brown's other novel, "Angels and Demons" repackages the "Illuminati" theory in a similar way with various clues to the conspiracy based on Roman statues, art, and buildings. Nobody reading it would imagine that Brown is "advocating" such a theory.

I imagine you'll see Brown continue to churn out similar novels with various other conspiracy theories and "proof" of them based on various elements in the real world. Readers probably shouldn't imagine that the author is putting them forward as fact.
7 posted on 07/31/2004 2:23:09 PM PDT by Arkinsaw
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To: Antoninus

Ive noticed that almost all of their "editor reviews" have a strong liberal bent. All of the left-wing books have positive reviews... all of the Ann coulter/Sean hannity reviews are negative.


10 posted on 07/31/2004 2:27:17 PM PDT by Betaille ("Show them no mercy, for none shall be shown to you")
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I noticied that they had removed all the reviews of the NAMBLA publication. My recollection is that they were all negative. It was interesting that I wrote to them several times, saying that I couldn't use their services if they continued to pander info on how to rape children.

I got a form lette back saying that they didn't sell pornography and that they didn't believe in 'censorship'.

What nonsense! If they don't sell pornography isn't that censorship? And how can a publication that gives instructions for raping children NOT be pornagraphic? Because it's not illustrated?

I told Amazon to remove all my info from their data base which they refused to do until I finally threatened to file a complaint with my state attorney general.

I urge everyone to cease doing business with Amazon. I'm a pretty liberal conservative (how's that for an oxymoron ?) but people that sell intruction manuals for raping children is so far over the line I see no grey what so ever.


11 posted on 07/31/2004 2:29:16 PM PDT by tjg
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I like a lot of things about Amazon and I frequently buy from them, but I agree about the book reviews. Remember that the company is Seattle based, and Seattle is San-Francisco-North.
16 posted on 07/31/2004 2:53:00 PM PDT by Malesherbes
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Probably for popular books they are so inundated with reviews that they have to pick and choose. Yours just didn't make the cut. Now, if you tell me yours is the ONLY negative review, than I'd say your antenna is working fine, but I wouldn't start getting hot around the collar about it.


17 posted on 07/31/2004 2:59:10 PM PDT by Hildy ( If you don't stand up for what's RIGHT, you'll settle for what's LEFT.)
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To: Sandy

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18 posted on 07/31/2004 3:00:53 PM PDT by Sandy
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That the book is so dumbed-down just proves that The Da Vinci Code's primary audience is the terminally ignorant.

Have you tried completely deleting this line? Comments about the audience (which means those who buy the book) is likely to make any bookseller a little peeved.

21 posted on 07/31/2004 3:14:23 PM PDT by Snuffington
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My guess on this would be that for a book like this perhaps they receive a large number of reviews and only select certain ones to be posted on the site. That's a guess.

However, the "conspiracy" to promote the theories that the book draws from is very real and has attracted a lot of quack interest in print. Which we would have to distinguish from the bizarre gnostic conspiracy theory itself.

Here's an irony and absurd contradiction of the theory to ponder: According to this neo-gnostic theory, Jesus isn't divine, supernatural, or magical but the bloodline is. Ponder that!!!

22 posted on 07/31/2004 3:27:45 PM PDT by HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity
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To: Antoninus

Try giving it five stars, but leave the language the same. If it gets published then we know the fix is in. Amazon editors might only reject reviews based on ratings, not language.


23 posted on 07/31/2004 3:31:48 PM PDT by Drkage2
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Well, I had a review rejected that was critical of the DVD of a fairly recent version of "David Copperfield" starring Bob Hoskins and the young guy who plays Harry Potter. I have no idea why. It certainly wasn't over 1,000 words. I've had other highly critical reviews of other works accepted. I think it is just luck of the draw. They must have at least a couple a hundred or so drones reading and evaluating these reviews and you probably just hit one that was a liberal. I probably just hit one that thought the Harry Potter guy was cute or something.


25 posted on 07/31/2004 3:53:43 PM PDT by mrchipping
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To: Antoninus; sandyeggo

Have you seen this? Experienced this?


30 posted on 07/31/2004 8:07:45 PM PDT by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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To: Antoninus

Maybe it's time to take your business to Barnes and Noble.


31 posted on 07/31/2004 8:08:39 PM PDT by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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27 of 45 people fount the following review helpful:

 Interesting premise, but fritters out..., July 31, 2004
Reviewer: hoplite (San Jose, CA)

This article started out strong, but by the time I was halfway through it, I was reaching for my aluminum foil headgear - the author takes an intersting idea about Amazon's censoring customer reviews and turns it into just another "why is everybody always picking on me" dirge.


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32 posted on 07/31/2004 8:49:11 PM PDT by Hoplite (Heh heh...)
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No, you're not crazy.

I believe they do a keyword search and reject write-ups that have certain words ONLY on liberal topics and slanted books.


33 posted on 07/31/2004 8:52:49 PM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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Just two days ago I filed an official complain about their wildly favorable lead review for the Cornwell screed Hitler's Pope, by an avowed fan of Avro Manhattan. No action, of course.
34 posted on 07/31/2004 9:51:56 PM PDT by Romulus ("For the anger of man worketh not the justice of God.")
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To: Antoninus; All

You are not crazy.

I've long had a hypothesis that the DaVinci Code is a

PAID FOR

PUPPET MASTER MACHIAVELLIAN SOCIAL ENGINEERING MANIPULATION OF THE WORLD POPULATION.

[thanks anyway. I have enough tinfoil hats]

SIMPLE LOGIC:

1) Israel became a nation in a day in 1948 just as Bible predicted.

2) The Biblical prophetic clock began racing forward from that time.

3) A key part of the Biblical predictions for our era is a global/world government eventually headed by satan personified.

4) The Bible declares that the world government will REQUIRE a body "mark" or tag [some say the original language of certain Scriptures implies WITHIN the body as an implant would be]--without which--just as Bible predicts--NO ONE WILL BE ABLE TO BUY OR SELL.

A Florida based chip implant and other similar corporate product offerings seem destined to fill that bill. Just this week there was an article about such implants being matched up with bank accounts, passports, medical records etc. Last week or so ago we heard about 100's of Mexican officials being SLAGGED [SLave tAGGED]/chipped to help protect against kidnapping.

5) KEY AND AT LEAST INTEGRAL TO ALL THIS IS THE REMOVAL OF KNOWLEDGEABLE CHRISTIANS FROM HINDERING SUCH EFFORTS. The wholesale undermining of Christianity has been going on by satan from BEFORE Christ appeared on dusty paths 2000 years ago. Certainly Communism/Marxism has intensified that effort.

6) Now, as the global government is getting tangibly closer and closer, the efforts to disembowel Christianity; undermine Christianity; destroy Christianty are intensifying all across the social landscape.

7) So called intellectuals have been busy about it as they have been destroying freedom and democracy and all notions of right and wrong for the last 50 years. KGB files have now documented 10's of millions of dollars spent by the Soviet Union in behalf of such placement and efforts of marxist professors in university academia all arcoss the West and particularly in America. Evolutionary theory and other related philosophical nihlism positions have been central in such efforts.

8) We now know that the Soviets also placed stoolies, spies and underminers within the Roman church in a major effort to destroy the potency and effectiveness of a major Christian force.

9) We know that plenty has also been spent in Hollyweed ridiculing people of faith from before Elmer Gantry forward. Now it's become virtually standard fare--something one makes his HOllyweed mark by--destroying or ridiculing some aspect of Christianity whether it's urine flooded religious artwork or whole movies making a mockery of a Christian role or set of beliefs or Christian social customs. Any fair minded constructive treatment of faith--particularly before THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST--was considered ignorant, silly, camp, uneducated, backwards etc.

10) I HAVE 0.00000000000000000000000000000000000001% DOUBT that the Da Vinci Code was commissioned by the puppet masters OR generated by a demonic imp within the mind, dreams, whatever of a willing, complicit vessel.

11) And, very willing media and other stoolies all around the world—many with their own axes to grind from abusive so called ‘Christian’ parents—are eagerly slobbering all over themselves, salivating at such a fun tool to use against Christianity’s foundations.

12) This will not be the last. The UFO/ET phenomena will also be used—purporting to show—probably—something like a historical holographic “record” [THINK MOORE’S FILM ABOUT BUSH!] which will actually be at least a huge percent hoax—purporting to show that the miracles and resurrection of Christ were not true. I don’t know how much of that God will allow. But The Bible speaks of a GREAT DECEPTION of our end times—a DECEPTION SO GREAT THAT *IF* IT WERE *POSSIBLE* DEEPLY AUTHENTIC CHRISTIANS WOULD ALSO BE DECEIVED. Evidently, somehow, Holy Spirit will protect those authentically in love with God.

13) The battle with the Jihadi’s is just the tip of the iceberg. This is the battle of the ages—all ages, all eras, all galaxies, all universes. The Cross was a major legal fulcrum on which all of history turned. Our era is the completion of that turning. Satan was hoodwinked at the Cross. He’s grasping at every grain of sand he can throw in God’s eyes out of vengeance for getting kicked out of Heaven. The only way he can functionally do that is to harm, hinder, destroy individuals who are part of God’s MADE IN HIS IMAGE beloved Creation. And the DESTROYER IS VERY BUSY ON ALL FRONTS IN OUR ERA.

14) The DaVinci Code is but one of those efforts on one of those fronts. But it is a very insidious one.

15) The only solution is an individual one. Each Believer must walk very intimately close with God to the best they can. Be diligent about the spiritual disciplines. Prayer; Bible study and memorization; Love God wholly; others as self and do unto others . . .


35 posted on 07/31/2004 9:53:15 PM PDT by Quix (PRAYER WARRIORS, DO YOUR STUFF! LIVES, SOULS AND NATIONS DEPEND ON IT)
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