Amazon in blood sport row
p2pnet.net News:- Refusing to sell books or magazines simply because their messages may offend amounts to censorship.
So says Amazon.com spokeswoman Patty Smith. The subject? Two cock fighting publications.
“The customer is the best judge of what is and isn’t appropriate for their reading habits,” Associated Press has her stating.
The US Humane Society maintained the cock fighting magazines and dog fighting videos, “violate federal animal cruelty laws and said it would go ahead with its lawsuit,” says the story. “Cockfighting is legal only in Louisiana and New Mexico.”
Amazon.com is among companies which pledged to remove the Hood Fights 2 DVD, “after complaints that the video showed scenes of dogs fighting, along with street fights between people,”says the story.
But, “A check of Amazon.com by The Associated Press on Wednesday found that “Hood Fights 2” and similar videos were back on the site.”
Smith said the videos in question would be removed.
But never mind. Hood Fights 2 is readily available on Netflix.
“In the realm of ghetto warfare, only the toughest thugs survive, which might explain why many don’t make it out alive,” says the blurb.
“In this second volume of violent scenes from the Street Heat DVD magazine, you’ll experience even more ground-zero action from the hood, including an up-close and personal view of the madness inside the dog pit. It’s a collection of urban carnage that’s suitable only for the strongest of stomachs.”
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