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Other IssuesAmazon.ComThe Internet chat rooms are abuzz with the name Jeffrey Bezos, Time magazine’s choice for “Man of the Year” for 1999. But those posting on-line opinions lean heavily toward the nuance that Time has erred in its decision. The American Family Association agrees, but for differing reasons.
When questioned about selling books describing bestiality and father-daughter incest in detail, Carl Gish, Amazon.com General Manager and spokesman for Bezos defended the practice, “Our mission isn’t to be a censor. It is to provide selection.” Gish added “...those books are out there and there are people who think like that out there, and it’s their prerogative.” In November, AFA contacted Amazon.com after learning that it offered The Horseman: Obsessions of a Zoophile (a person who has sex with animals) and Dearest Pet: On Bestiality. Online reviews hailed Dearest Pet as a step-by-step manual with “wonderful and diverse color illustrations of zoophilia. Yet, Amazon.com held firm in its position regarding the sale of “training manuals” to child molesters and animal abusers. When asked if it’s OK to make a dollar bill selling these types of books, Emily Glassman, Amazon.com Public Relations Manager simply stated, “It’s a question of selection.” AFA says these types of materials are bad business for any company and that the “question of selection” applies to consumers of on-line bookstores too. “Americans have no tolerance for sexual perversion and child abuse, or for those who advocate it,” said Wildmon. For the sake of our children, please contact Amazon.com and politely urge them to cease selling books which clearly promote sex between adults and children as well as sex between people and animals. ACTION ADDRESS: Mr. Jeffery Bezos AMAZON.COM More on this issue: Amazon Offers Pedophile Handbook, article in World Net Daily
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