Amazon.com
Apparently, Amazon.com is selling books & magazines on cock fighting and dog fighting ("how to" if you will). Both of these things are illegal in most states in the US, and possession of magazines and books related to them are also illegal. Anyway, there is a website out there where one can compose a letter to the CEO of Amazon to put pressure on them to knock it off, which is here: https://community.hsus.org/campaign/US_2007_amazon_fighting3/forward/inb5ssdrh38m8bn.
My letter:
Mr. Jeffrey Bezos
Amazon.com, Inc.
1200 12th Avenue S., Suite 1200
Seattle, WA 98144
Dear Mr. Bezos,
The Humane Society of the U.S. says that you refuse to stop
selling illegal animal fighting material, and are trying to
weaken the new federal animal fighting law that bans these
items. I am appalled that you would be a supporter of animal
fighting, which is a cruel blood sport often tied to other
crimes.
Surely Amazon.com is big enough not to miss the tiny revenue
from animal fighting magazines and videos, especially when
dropping them would be doing the right thing.
The First Amendment does give you the right to sell some terrible
material; however, the First Amendment does NOT give you the
right to sell material explicitly used to harm innocent animals,
just as it does not give you the right to sell child
pornography.
It also give ME the right to purchase my books and other
entertainment from other vendors, which is what I will be doing
until you decide to do the right thing. I think that the revenue
you gain from animal fighting magazines, books, and other
material is a pittance compared to the revenue you will lose
from people who care about the rights of those who are unable to
speak for themselves.
Sincerely,
Blah, blah, blah, so on and so forth.
A friend even went so far as to say that she'd continue to use Amazon for searching, but would be making her purchases elsewhere. I LOVE that!
