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sheila19624
07-28-2006, 08:43 AM
On July 4, Amazon spammed its customers with advertisement of Norman Finkelstein's virulently anti-Semitic book, Image and Reality of the Israeli-Palestine Conflict. On May 30, Amazon similarly advertised Beyond Chutzpah: on the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History. I have never received any other ad from Amazon.

On April 4, in an unprecedented move, Amazon deleted all reviews of Obadiah Shoher's Samson Blinded: A Machiavellian Perspective on the Middle East Conflict. A few days later, Amazon forced its subsidiary Booksurge to terminate publishing contract with Shoher whose book is now available for download from www.samsonblinded.info . Google earlier banned advertising of the Samson Blinded for "unacceptable content." Shoher, indeed, is pro-Israeli, yet realistic and critical of Israeli policies.

Obadiah Shoher, an anonymous politician, abandons myths and moralizing in favor of realpolitik. He argues for raw efficiency of antiterrorist operations and shedding liberal idealism. Shoher asks inconvenient questions and gives honest answers. Amazon does not like that. Anti-Semitic lampoons by Norman Finkelstein are more to Amazon's taste.

danr55
07-28-2006, 09:29 AM
Sheila196264, Welcome to Hunttalk. Have you met Jose yet? I think you two will have some things to talk about.

Shalom!

:cool:

shoots-straight
07-28-2006, 09:59 AM
What kind of hunting do they have over there? Thats all I want to know.

Mojave
07-28-2006, 10:10 AM
Shoots, sounds like mostly human at the moment.

Our friend Sheila has been spam-banned. If anyone knows her and wants to vouch for her, I'll reconsider. As she lists her home time-zone as Enewetok, Marshall Islands, somehow I doubt that's going to happen.

I will not however close this thread (I'll leave that to another admin if they care to) because it looks like it has sparked such a deep conversation. ;)

AzSlim
07-29-2006, 12:11 AM
Nobody on here really cares, if they aren't hunting regs why pick up the book....:D

Ten Bears
07-31-2006, 01:46 PM
What would be gained by Amazon bashing at a hunting site? I buy all my books from Barnes & Nobles anyways....... They keep the crayons in the same isle.....

JoseCuervo
07-31-2006, 07:55 PM
What would be gained by Amazon bashing at a hunting site? I buy all my books from Barnes & Nobles anyways....... They keep the crayons in the same isle.....

Hey Ten Beers,

Uhhhhh.... which "isle" would that be that they keep their crayons? Would that possibly be the Isle of Homonym? :confused:

Ten Bears
08-01-2006, 10:06 AM
I knew I'd draw you out of your dark corner sooner or later Jose'. Just like like a bottom feeding sucker; if you throw enough scraps out, sooner or later one will take the bait hook and all. :D :D