--forward-- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Your Amazon.com Inquiry Greetings from Amazon.com, and thank you for your feedback regarding our association with Bob Enyart. This is the twenty-fifth letter I have answered today regarding Mr. Enyart's site. Let me assure you that your note could not have fallen on a more sympathetic ear. Also, please allow me to share with you what I have found and what actions have been taken. I think you will be pleased. I, of course, immediately, visited www.enyart.com. I figured, "better informed than simply reactionary." After some searching I was eventually able to locate his link to our site. While the content of his site certainly is controversial, my initial reaction was "isn't everyone entitled to an opinion, no matter how uninformed." Nonetheless, the language on the site is disturbing, especially to those of us at whom it is directed (and especially in light of the recent Matthew Shephard tragedy). I do not for a minute deny the damage this type of thought can generate. Nor do I deny amazon.com's responsibility to its customers. What I found most ironic was the following quote: "Warning: The library can be hazardous to your child. [It] can be one of the most dangerous places for your child to visit this summer." We respect your decision to not support Mr. Enyart. And we hope you'll understand that our goal in working with an Associate is not to provide support to their point of view, but simply to provide interested readers with access to all the books in our catalog. While we understand that some people find portions of www.enyart.com objectionable, it is nonetheless a popular forum. I can also comment directly on titles to which Mr. Enyart provides links; titles including C. S. Lewis's "The Screwtape Letters." One of our goals as a retailer is to offer our customers access to every item in print, as well as to many out-of-print items. With 3 million books, videos, and CDs in our catalog, it is unfortunate but inevitable that a few titles may offend some of our customers. We hope you will understand that our goal of universal access makes it impossible for us to remove items from our catalog--including of course any items which we as individuals dislike. You will be glad to know that after investigating this matter further, we have discontinued our relationship with this site, and Bob Enyart is no longer a part of our Associates Program. It will take a few days for this process to be completed. Thank you for your patience. Amazon.com's policy on racism, sexism, homophobia and censorship is very clear and we have taken action in accordance with this policy. I am very sorry that you were offended by this. We truly value your opinion and appreciate your business, as our quick actions should prove. Please let me know if I can answer any further questions. I'd be glad to hear from you. Best regards, Rob Allen Amazon.com Books, Music and More http://www.amazon.com/ -- |: Paul Canning [EMAIL PROTECTED] � http://www.rainbow.net.au/~canning >Queers for Reconciliation http://reconciliation.queer.org.au � *PoliticalGoo http://www.rainbow.net.au/~canning/politicalgoo >QAnnounce http://announce.queer.org.au/ Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List As vilified, slandered and attacked by One Nation mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
