Posted on 12/22/2004 7:26:42 AM PST by mbynack
Amazon.com, the online superstore, has united with the anti-gun movement this holiday season.
Amazon.com is promoting the Million Mom March, a group known for its support of strict gun control laws and regulations. It will give five percent of every sale to the organization when visitors access Amazon’s website through the Million Mom March site.
In 2001, the Million Mom March joined the Brady Campaign and the Brady Center to become the largest grassroots, non-partisan, anti-gun organization.
Since then, the group has supported many anti-gun proposals, such as New Jersey Assembly Bill 3942, which was proposed to outlaw the sale of .50 caliber or larger firearms including muzzleloaders. Fortunately for sportsmen, the bill was withdrawn in January. Similar legislation has been introduced in California, Illinois, New York and Virginia.
The Million Mom March also strongly opposed Senate Bill 1805, a congressional bill that would have protected firearm and ammunition manufacturers, distributors, dealers, and importers from frivolous lawsuits brought by victims of gun abusers.
Take Action! Sportsmen across the nation should contact Amazon.com and educate them about the Million Mom March’s goals to impose unnecessary gun control laws that threaten the rights of law abiding sportsmen and shooters. Contact President Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com, Inc. 1200 12th Ave. South Suite, 1200, Seattle, Washington 98144. Phone (206) 266-1000.
Sorry, I can't make the distinction between business and politics. I don't watch movies with Michael Moore, Alec Baldwin, Danny Glover, Chevy Chase, or Barbara Streisand. I don't do business with companies that support undermining the constitution of the United States (Like E-bay). I won't patronize any organization that supports terrorism.
I would rather pay more and go to bed with a clear conscience.
ANYONE, you included, can sign up for an Amazon account and post ads on your website.
This is NOT an endorsement of the Million Moo March by Amazon.
By your reasoning, if a lie'bral shops anywhere else on the face of the earth where you also shop, you'd have to stop doing business there.
Get a grip.
~Anybody~ with a website can sign up to be an "Amazon Associate." All it means is that you link to Amazon, and get a commission from any sales made through those links. It has nothing to do with Amazon supporting the agenda of any of these sites. I make no claim that Amazon supports the political agenda of my site, that's not the purpose. It's to make money for both of us. It's not personal, it's strictly business.
Sheesh. If you don't want to support the Million Mom March, just don't go to Amazon through their links. Use mine instead.
You may also want to check out this thread: Amazon.com is For Republicans
Well, yes. But the question you should ask is whether it would connote sponsorship if Hamas had a link to Amazon. That's all that is going on here -- MMM is participating in the affiliates program, which Amazon makes available to anyone who wants to drect traffic to their website. Amazon makes no statement or endorsement about the "affiliate", they just want the eyeballs.
Laz.... read the other comments. Anyone can be an Amazon affiliate.
I place MMM in that same category. They are a registered charity that illegally funnels charitable contributions to anti-gun politicians. They use lies and deceit to advance policies that are against the US Constitution.
I see your point, but respectfully disagree.
OBTW - my wife thinks I'm a little nuts, too.
It's a business transaction. Only that. And nothing more.
They can't deny MMM anymore than they could deny FreeRepublic, or you or me or anyone else.
You're wrong about this. This is an affiliate program. Anyone with a website can join up, and apparently the antigunners did just that--along with many pro-gun groups, including Jeff Head. You're doing a great disservice to amazon.com
You're right. Jeff Head is another affiliate we all know. I suspect he offsets a good deal of MMM's benefits. :)
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