On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 1:48 PM, Andrew Gray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> 2008/12/9 Anthony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> > I'll hold off on speculating on *why* Amazon UK took it down (has Amazon
> US
> > done so as well?).  But good for them that they did so.
>
> One high street retailer, zaavi (or whatever they're called), took a
> compromise - they covered the image with a "click this to view, you
> must be over 18" clickthrough, since it was considered offensive.
>
> Unfortunately, the image they were screening... was the entirely
> unremarkable black outer casing.
>
> http://www.zavvi.co.uk/productdetails.jsf?code=779728
>
> It's hard not to get the impression impression some people may be
> reacting to the fuss rather than the actual issue :-)


Some?  I'd say most.  Child pornography is not illegal because it's
offensive.
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