Amazon spams its customers, touts anti-Israeli views,

[sheila19621]

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.

 

[madstork91]

Id like to make a request,

Can we keep this post more aimed at the possible partisanship being practiced by Amazon and google. The current actions in the middle east could very well lead to a massive military deployment, the scales of which havent been seen since the last world war. As a young male living in the united states I would be among the first to be shipped off after finishing college. Having things on internet; these forums, video games, music, and everything else non war related keeps me distracted from that. And that's a good thing.

I hate to sound cliche, but peace in the middle east. Cause I dont wanna visit anytime soon.

 

[Greg King]

Come on Stork, I'll save you a seat on the plane. We can talk tech. It'll be fun.

 

[Greg King]

And I would treat this thread as spam more so than anything else...

 

[T-Shirt]

Yes, sheila19621 appears to be a propaganda bot
The truth is Amazon sends out ads to customers, who have chosen to be on their mailing list for all sorts of controversially books.
don't like it? get off the list or spend your dollars elsewhere.
Making money is Amazon's only agenda.

 

[Greg King]

This post has appeared on numerous other forums and will be treated as spam. Just as T-Shirt mentioned, this is just a bot.

 

[Rob Williams]

That pretty much makes the image verification system pretty useless eh?

 

[T-Shirt]

No, image verification works, I just used 'bot' as a generic for a spammer pushing a political/social cause. perhaps I should have said astroturfing.
either way it is unlikely shiela will return or has any actual interest in this forum other than promoting her own misguided propaganda.