July 2, 2008

Get your act together Amazon

Found this via a Slog post. Amazon apparently has a policy that "prohibits the sale of items that are 'illegal, inappropriate or offensive,' which 'includes any good or service that violates local, state, or federal laws or regulations or that would be generally offensive to others.' ” And yet they are currently selling this T-shirt.

I'm usually a fan of Amazon, but this is fucking ridiculous. I can imagine someone defending this in the name of "free speech" & "satire. " But that defense only goes so far in my opinion. If a store has a policy like Amazons, then they should not sell items like this. I'm not saying people shouldn't be allowed to purchase offensive t-shirts, but it shouldn't be sold in this context.

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