babble » blogs » Strollerderby
Strollerderby
The cover of Phillip Greaves' controversial book.
Remember Phillip Greaves? He’s the one who virtually single-handedly set the internet afire in the beginning of November when the world caught wind of his ire-inducing manual: The Pedophile’s Guide to Love and Pleasure: A Child-Lover’s Code of Conduct. “Virtually single-handedly” because he wasn’t alone. Amazon played a big role, too. Without them, Greaves wouldn’t have ever had a platform for his controversial work.
Turns out he’s in the news again. Only this time, it’s for getting arrested, and his book played a key part.
Surely you haven’t forgotten about him, even if Amazon is still trying their best to do just that. After all, they suffered a PR nightmare thanks to their insistence on carrying the title. Sierra first wrote about Phillip Greaves‘ book in November. In her post, she cut and paste some verbiage from Amazon’s site that Greaves used to describe his work: Continue reading »
Amazon pulls Pedophile's Guide
How much is a crappy, self-published guide for child molesters worth to Amazon? Not more than the support of parenting bloggers just a few weeks before the holiday season.
After defending their right to sell “The Pedophile’s Guide to Love and Pleasure” yesterday, today Amazon appears to have yanked the ebook from their site, according to AOL News.
Amazon hasn’t issued an updated statement about their decision to sell or not sell this book, but searching for it brings up an error message.
About time.
Don't Ban This Book
I find the very idea of The Pedophile’s Guide to Love and Pleasure: A Child-Lover’s Code of Conduct repulsive and morally reprehensible. I’m sickened by the fact that it exists. And yet, I defend Amazon’s right to sell it.
Sierra, you say that you “certainly don’t want Amazon to be bullied into deleting a book every time a special interest group gets a hate on for one of their titles. And yet isn’t this exactly what you and other bloggers are suggesting? Continue reading »
Amazon should stop selling how-to guides for child molesters
Amazon is defending their right to sell a how-to guide for pedophiles. Apparently I was wrong about them not having drunk the “no censorship” kool-aid.
Not only are they continuing to sell the book, they told The Marketing Mama that they believe it would be censorship to cut it from the Kindle just because it makes some people unhappy.
Even though their guidelines clearly state that they won’t publish “objectionable” material or anything that could lead to illegal activities.
Their statement reads:
“Amazon believes it is censorship not to sell certain books simply because we or others believe their message is objectionable. Amazon does not support or promote hatred or criminal acts, however, we do support the right of every individual to make their own purchasing decisions.”
MSNBC reports they’ve used that argument in the past to defend other pro-pedophilia books.
As Backpacking Dad points out, they’re just wrong. Censorship is when the government decides what people are allowed to read, write or publish. Continuing to sell this book is a business decision for Amazon.
A bad business decision, too.
Should this book be on Amazon?
Note to Amazon: You have a mom problem. We love books. We love toys. We love nearly all the stuff you sell, and we especially love the way you ship it to our doors without making us bundle our kids and trudge out into the dark winter days to get it. Keep doing that.
However. The mom bloggers of the world have noticed that in addition to bestsellers and discount diapers, you’re selling a “self-published” how-to guide for pedophiles. You’re not winning any mother’s heart with this one.
For almost 20 years, The American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) has been collecting data on books for children that have drawn formal complaints and requests for removal from public libraries and schools. These books are those that readers, usually parents and teachers, find inappropriate for their target audience.
Last year, the OIF, which is charged with educating librarians and the general public about the importance of intellectual freedom in libraries, received 460 reports of complaints. This number likely represents only about 25% of the complaints that actually occurred, as many go unreported.
The list of challenged books includes lots of familiar titles old and new. Did any of your kid’s favorites make the Top Ten Most Frequently Challenged Books of 2009? Continue reading »
I’ll admit that I have not read The Diary of Anne Frank since I was in school and, to be perfectly honest, I’m not even sure I read it all back then. You see, it touched on a topic that was not discussed in our house — World War II and the Holocaust. My father came to America by himself when he was 13. His family was supposed to follow the next year; instead, they went to Auschwitz. Despite this, I do believe that it is an extremely important document from a historical and cultural point of view and should be made available to students. Not everyone, however, agrees. Because Anne Frank was a girl.
Lori Garcia 
Joslyn Gray 
Amber Doty 
Julianna Miner 
Monica Bielanko 
Sierra Black 
Meredith Carroll 
Carolyn Castiglia 
Sunny Chanel 
Madeline Holler 
Rebecca Odes 
Danielle Smith 
Danielle Sullivan 
Katherine Stone 
The Walt Disney Company supports Babble as a platform dedicated to honest, engaged, informed, intelligent and open conversation about parenting. However, the opinions expressed on this site are those of individual parents/writers and do not reflect the views of Disney. In addition, content provided on this site is for entertainment or informational purposes only and should not be construed as medical advice, diagnosis, treatment, or safety advice.
0