Here’s my response to their response (I used the actual word in my emails with them, not the c-—):
Margene,
Reading your response to my email, it would seem as if there are NO guidelines as to what is and is not appropriate. However, I note that you do have guidelines.
Your “General Guidelines for Prohibited Content” lists the following types of content that can be removed:
Inappropriate content or nudity that is not artistic in nature.
Obscene and vulgar comments and offensive remarks that harass, threaten, defame or abuse others such as F*** (Ethnic Group).
Content that depicts violence, is obscene, abusive, fraudulent or threatening such as an image of a murder victim, morgue shots, promotion of suicide, etc.
Material that is generally offensive or in bad taste, as determined by CafePress.com.
The list outlined above should NOT be construed as an exhaustive list of offensive material but rather as a general guideline for you to follow.
I would ask you, Margene, how it can be that a design that says “Sarah Palin is a c-—” can POSSIBLY pass even one of the tests above, much less all of them?
Certainly, the use of the word “c-—” is “inappropriate”.
The word “c-—” is both “vulgar” and “offensive”.
The phrase “Sarah Palin is a c-—” is “obscene” and “abusive”.
The use of the word “c-—” and the phrase “Sarah Palin is a c-—” is “generally offensive or in bad taste”.
Please tell me, Margene, how it can be even remotely possible that these designs do not qualify as Prohibited Content?
TF
GoPalinGo
Nice. I wonder what their response to my note to them will be.
Maybe you should print up a shirt that states Margene of Cafe Press is a c___. You know one man’s obscenity, is another man’s freedom of expression.
Find a new CyberVendor
Close your site
Move to new vendor site.
Let Marge et al know their inaction cost your business.
Capitalism, it works if you try, eh?