After previously denying that they would, sometime last night, Amazon.com decided to pull Phillip R. Greaves II‘s book which was a pro-pedophilia work, or as he says, pedosexual.
An e-book for sale on Amazon.com entitled “The Pedophile’s Guide to Love and Pleasure,” was apparently pulled by the online retailer late Wednesday after shocked consumers across the nation called for a boycott.
There is no liberty worth having which would allow something like this.
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Joel Landon Watts is a Masters of Theological Studies student with a focus in Mimetic Criticism of the Gospel of Mark. His interests include exploring the role of mimesis in human civilization, specifically in the study of religion and media, as well as science fiction and the way in which it has allowed mythology to be explored in light of scientific ideals of the past century. Currently, he is a TA for Old Testament at United Theological Seminary under Dr. Vivian Johnson, Associate Professor of Old Testament. His first book, Rhetorical Strategies of the Evangelist: Mimetic Criticism of the Gospel of Mark, is expected to be published by Wipf and Stock early next year. He is currently co-editing a book on moving from Fear to Faith (Energion, 2013).
[...] Update:Â It seems Amazon may have pulled the book, but there are still problems. with other books. (HT: Joel) [...]
If we’re going to make rules about what qualifies as reasonable free speech, then we should also make rules about what qualifies as reasonable religious practice. Because there is a whole bunch of messed up stuff that happens under the excuse of religion.
John – I agree, although I think that the same rules should be applied.
All I can say about this is “WTF!?!?!?” SERIOUSLY!?!?
Let me see that book on someone’s bookshelf… It would not be pretty, I assure you.