[billybudd]

We ARE talking about censorship. Notice that Ackerman says he'll "go to Ashcroft" if he has to. This is all the subject of a suit he's filing to FORCE Amazon to remove the book. Go to this story for information about how this is attempted censorship. I agree, the book is disgusting, and Amazon should think twice about posting books that have no intellectual/historical value and a vast majority, 99.99% of the people, find absolutely disgusting. Boycotts are legitimate, and in my opinion should be employed in this case. But to invite the government to start banning books from the shelves, no matter how repugnant they are, is wrong, unconstitutional, and not where we should be heading.

[ValerieUSA]

I don't accept that pedophilia porn is protected speech under the First Amendment.

[yendu bwam]

We ARE talking about censorship. Notice that Ackerman says he'll "go to Ashcroft" if he has to. This is all the subject of a suit he's filing to FORCE Amazon to remove the book. ... But to invite the government to start banning books from the shelves, no matter how repugnant they are, is wrong, unconstitutional, and not where we should be heading.

Hey there, billybudd, you're wrong. We in this country have the right to free speech (subject to very few limitations). The author of this book has every right to write it, to sell it, to hand it out on the street corner, etc. etc. Censorship (and denial of 1st amendment rights) would be the act of forcing this guy to shut up. But nobody is contemplating that. Preventing Amazon from selling this book in NO way censors the author. The author (or anybody else) has no 'right' to have someone else sell his book for him. As for forcing Amazon to desist, if, as the article states, there are laws against unethical business practices (and for me, this certainly constitutes such a case), then I say go for it. That's not censoring the author. That would simply be saying that we as a society should not be promoting child rape - an action which could well lead to an increase in sexual abuse (and in this case, homosexual abuse) against children (which has already gone off the charts in this country anyway).