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95. Very few things come out of online petitions

Tue Oct 22, 2013, 02:58 PM

Oct 2013

They're only effective when it comes to data mining. Sign an online petition and you will end up on the call/email list of the organization that is circulating the petition (I work for one, and I know how it works).

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] Miranda4peace Oct 2013 OP

I assume you are done with all booksellers everywhere. former9thward Oct 2013 #1

+1 hobbit709 Oct 2013 #3

Rarely will you find books that have been linked to tortured and murdered children Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #9

Amazon also sells Mein Kampf-how many died as a result of that book? hobbit709 Oct 2013 #27

Mein Kampf???? Have you read it? Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #41

I've read it, and thousands of other books. hobbit709 Oct 2013 #53

Actually they do. Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #69

so what makes your ideological fanaticism better than anyone else's? hobbit709 Oct 2013 #76

You lost me. So now advocating against child abuse and murder Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #79

"What does it all mean, Mr. Natural?" hobbit709 Oct 2013 #81

Very true matt819 Oct 2013 #85

and Amazon also sells bibles as well nt msongs Oct 2013 #2

so you boycott the bookstore because you don't like a book? Sorry but I'll pass on that. TeamPooka Oct 2013 #4

Those books were boycotted because of subjective religious morality Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #18

Your subject line says you are bocotting Amazon.com not the book. Your words not mine. TeamPooka Oct 2013 #149

NO. MADem Oct 2013 #5

It's more expensive to have it shipped. I have already price checked the localy organic animal depo Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #12

What's "it?" There's no shipping associated with the price I pay. MADem Oct 2013 #29

Amazon prime? LMAO Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #36

You have absolutely NO IDEA what you are talking about. closeupready Oct 2013 #73

Yea. Amazon prime is all marked up junk. You can get the same thing much cheaper Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #77

Duh, there is no separate Amazon Prime inventory or pricing, except closeupready Oct 2013 #86

No kidding. zappaman Oct 2013 #90

LOL, I know - did Bellevue close for the day, closeupready Oct 2013 #100

The poster is very precocious, I must say. MADem Oct 2013 #126

Most of the people who sign up for Prime don't do it for the shipping. xmas74 Oct 2013 #82

It really isn't if you use it to purchase products. Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #91

But many in the cord-cutter group don't mind waiting for the shows to finally make it xmas74 Oct 2013 #114

Prime doens't offer much over that of Netflix and Hulu plus Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #123

Actually pipi_k Oct 2013 #87

I forgot about the two day shipping--something else I appreciate. MADem Oct 2013 #125

Oh, really? oldhippie Oct 2013 #88

Love Amazon Prime. zappaman Oct 2013 #92

Bwah! BumRushDaShow Oct 2013 #112

You can LOL all you want; it works for me. The stuff I buy is the same stuff I bought without MADem Oct 2013 #120

Post removed Post removed Oct 2013 #127

You'll find posters who troll here on DU too--that sign up just to stir shit. MADem Oct 2013 #143

Sorry, no. HappyMe Oct 2013 #6

This book resulted in dead children. Obviously whether you boycott is your choice. Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #13

I have no reason to buy that book. HappyMe Oct 2013 #21

Amazon was told, there was a petition years ago Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #34

Very few things come out of online petitions tabbycat31 Oct 2013 #95

Ok lol Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #131

You should boycott religion instead. THAT'S the culprit here. cleanhippie Oct 2013 #71

Remember the purges? atheists killed millions. Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #83

Sorry, wrong answer. cleanhippie Oct 2013 #106

With your logic religion can't be blamed either, Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #110

"How to train up a child" is a religious belief-based ideology. cleanhippie Oct 2013 #157

There are better reasons to boycott Amazon.com justiceischeap Oct 2013 #7

Soo... not their shitty labor practices, or their undercutting of small local business everywhere Cal Carpenter Oct 2013 #8

The realization that often hits the mind in childhood LanternWaste Oct 2013 #22

All great reason to boycott Amazon Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #32

You read the book? n/t pipi_k Oct 2013 #96

That would mean I need to buy it, that isn't happening Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #98

If you haven't read it, how can you make any claims? HappyMe Oct 2013 #109

Those excerpts are from the book. Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #111

It is horrible stuff. HappyMe Oct 2013 #122

Maybe, Maybe not Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #124

Amazon profits from a lot of books I don't like. HappyMe Oct 2013 #130

It's not about not liking the book! Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #133

What precedent would that be? HappyMe Oct 2013 #138

You will never hear me defending the bible Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #144

Then sue the author. HappyMe Oct 2013 #146

I just want the book removed from Amazon. Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #152

Why only Amazon? HappyMe Oct 2013 #166

I predict a huge thread, inadvertently supporting Amazon leftstreet Oct 2013 #38

Exactly what happened. Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #43

On shitty labor practices, that's a better reason to closeupready Oct 2013 #60

and what do the librarians say? MisterP Oct 2013 #103

Sorry I don't do book burnings Egnever Oct 2013 #10

I was told the very same thing by an acquaintance who was deleting pdf books from his digital librar LanternWaste Oct 2013 #25

I don't get it Egnever Oct 2013 #33

Apparently the poster thinks people shouldn't control what they have on their dig library Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #46

Nope. bravenak Oct 2013 #11

This is why boycotts are now meaningless. Archae Oct 2013 #14

Chocolate and toilet paper? HappyMe Oct 2013 #24

Suuposedly because chocolate is made with slave labor, and TP is from the Kochs. Archae Oct 2013 #35

Okay then! HappyMe Oct 2013 #42

So we should never boycott anything? Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #48

Competition? HappyMe Oct 2013 #56

Amazon is like my best friend Jamaal510 Oct 2013 #15

Well if my best friend got three children killed Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #28

Wait, Mr Amazon wrote this book? nt ProudToBeBlueInRhody Oct 2013 #68

Mr Amazon sells this book which advocates child abuse. Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #94

So the retailer is totally responsible for the book? Wow you are bad at making a case TeamPooka Oct 2013 #159

A book DID NOT make anybody do anything nobodyspecial Oct 2013 #89

I'm not getting into the underlying psychology, of which is debateable. Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #97

Straw Man alert! TeamPooka Oct 2013 #154

No thanks Crabby Appleton Oct 2013 #16

The nice thing about Amazon is that they publish all those reviews. Jackpine Radical Oct 2013 #17

Out of 2,173 reviews, 1,158 gave it one star, while 905 gave it 5 stars. FarCenter Oct 2013 #19

They are also loaded. There are sweatshops in Korea with children uprating on Amazon Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #26

Oh come on. HappyMe Oct 2013 #30

Did you miss the news??? Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #50

I guess I did. HappyMe Oct 2013 #70

Wayyyyyyy before all that, click farms have been known about for years Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #75

Wtf are you talking about? HappyMe Oct 2013 #80

Duzy pintobean Oct 2013 #66

AND all the positive reviews ended up with tblue37 Oct 2013 #55

Anyone that rated it a 5 star shedevil69taz Oct 2013 #63

I agree that this book is monstrous. mysuzuki2 Oct 2013 #20

Wait what. The raiting system has been proven to be fixed by sellers and corps alike. Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #23

It's alright pipi_k Oct 2013 #51

So you've given up on changing anything, gotchya. Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #64

If there pipi_k Oct 2013 #128

You have a LOT of nerve saying shit like "Why exactly are you on DU?" to a long term DUer that all MADem Oct 2013 #142

Fair question to ask someone who has admitted Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #150

"LMAO"--you are entirely transparent, and the community sees you for what you are. MADem Oct 2013 #161

Do you honestly think sadists need a "how to" manual? Atman Oct 2013 #39

I doubt that they do. mysuzuki2 Oct 2013 #84

Some horrible stuff, but it's not Amazon's "fault." Atman Oct 2013 #31

I bet this book has killed more children snooper2 Oct 2013 #37

I bet this book has killed even more... Atman Oct 2013 #52

sadly, you win- snooper2 Oct 2013 #61

There is pipi_k Oct 2013 #104

It's certainly killed some wallets nt ProudToBeBlueInRhody Oct 2013 #72

Nope. pipi_k Oct 2013 #40

I dislike Amazon for lots of other reasons. I'm not boycotting them for selling a book. Atman Oct 2013 #49

And my local thrift store. xmas74 Oct 2013 #99

Aughhhhh!!!! pipi_k Oct 2013 #107

I guess I just need to say "Screw you, Sheltered Workshops!" xmas74 Oct 2013 #118

Can those people be charged with torture and murder? BlueToTheBone Oct 2013 #44

Do they know they are selling it? Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #57

It is not up to a major retailer to screen the products they sell. BluegrassStateBlues Oct 2013 #45

I disagree, if that's your only objection. closeupready Oct 2013 #47

Might as well add Facebook to the boycott list BumRushDaShow Oct 2013 #54

I don't use facebook. You might as well just write a bio, full of personal info Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #58

I don't use it either BumRushDaShow Oct 2013 #93

Amazon isn't the only place that sells this gollygee Oct 2013 #59

People who beat their kids are going to do it, book or not. bunnies Oct 2013 #62

Yep, they've pipi_k Oct 2013 #78

Exactly. Spare the rod, spoil the child and all that. bunnies Oct 2013 #102

You might as well boycott your local library nadinbrzezinski Oct 2013 #65

I do not understand the tie between your subject line and the post. IdaBriggs Oct 2013 #67

The book is also available at my local chain bookstore xmas74 Oct 2013 #74

This message was self-deleted by its author Jim__ Oct 2013 #101

Powells Books and The Tattered Cover have it too. Jim__ Oct 2013 #105

Well, apparently you have to shop at Amazon kcr Oct 2013 #108

Not gonna happen quinnox Oct 2013 #113

From the reviews, it's pretty obvious that child abusers like the book. Turbineguy Oct 2013 #115

non-sequitur? stklurker Oct 2013 #116

How is Amazon censoring the book by not selling it? kcr Oct 2013 #121

? stklurker Oct 2013 #135

Yes kcr Oct 2013 #139

No, that's why you should write a review about the deaths this book has caused. pnwmom Oct 2013 #117

You can ask them to pull the book. PeteSelman Oct 2013 #119

The same thing is being repeated over and over. Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #140

There isn't much to be done about it. PeteSelman Oct 2013 #160

Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2013 #129

So you think they should censor/ban certain books, but whose standard ecstatic Oct 2013 #132

Well the constitution says speech condoning abuse, murder or physical harm is Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #136

You're focused on the wrong thing ecstatic Oct 2013 #148

No it doesn't. Stop making shit up. MADem Oct 2013 #153

There's an upside to it's Amazon listing get the red out Oct 2013 #134

I'd rather the constitution be followed Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #137

I agree, this book is evil get the red out Oct 2013 #141

I disagree. It's not Amazon's job to ban books LittleBlue Oct 2013 #145

Yes the Walmart of the internet Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #158

Amazon is based in my city LittleBlue Oct 2013 #163

#winning Lex Oct 2013 #147

I hereby pronounce this thread a fail jberryhill Oct 2013 #151

Post makes little sense. Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #155

Sure, here's what we did to him jberryhill Oct 2013 #162

yep, and I suspect this is not just a fail, but a trolling attempt fail quinnox Oct 2013 #156

Go up one jberryhill Oct 2013 #164

This is like the breast feeding while drinking wine and smoking a cigarette at Olive Garden threads. MADem Oct 2013 #165