Gossamer Forum: General: Chit Chat: Amazon

Dec 9, 2002, 8:30 AM

Wil

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Dec 9, 2002, 8:30 AM

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Dec 9, 2002, 8:54 AM

fuzzy logic

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Dec 9, 2002, 8:54 AM

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Oh my God! I hope that was a glitch in their software.

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Dec 9, 2002, 8:58 AM

Paul

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Dec 9, 2002, 8:58 AM

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Mmm maybe it's just me but I don't see the big deal?

Dec 9, 2002, 9:29 AM

Andy

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Dec 9, 2002, 9:29 AM

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Mmmm... if it isn't a bug...then someone has some weird spiritual ideas, and the s*! life Wink

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Dec 9, 2002, 9:30 AM

QooQ

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Dec 9, 2002, 9:30 AM

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Well it was a hard cover Wink

Hmmm, why would it be a glitch? Maybe, a few folks were looking for the "ultimate guide to revivals" and saw the link which of course somebody is going to click on it, out of curiosity, which then associated that book with the one people were looking for.... OR Tongue

that book happened to come up because gay men interested in the ultimate experience also got interested in their spirituality Wink

it's relative you know Crazy

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Dec 9, 2002, 9:49 AM

Paul

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Dec 9, 2002, 9:49 AM

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The gay sex book is being sold by Amazon and so it is obviously in demand and it is common that people buy more than one book at a time and so it will have an associated book link.

I don't see the big deal. Maybe it would be different if the associated purchase for the gay sex book was something like "The art of unprotected sex"

It seems prejudiced to make an issue out of the fact that a gay person buys a book on spirituality....did you think all gay people bought were dirty sex books or what?

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Dec 9, 2002, 10:14 AM

fuzzy logic

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Dec 9, 2002, 10:14 AM

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What's funny is that on that page is a book by Pat Robertson (famous televangelist). In the section that shows other books people bought, there's a title on anal sex. That doesn't quite fit into Christianity very well.

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Dec 9, 2002, 10:20 AM

fuzzy logic

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Dec 9, 2002, 10:20 AM

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Correct me if I'm wrong, but what part of the Bible condones gay relationships? Bearing that fact in mind, a book about Christian spirituality wouldn't be of much use unless the person "got saved" and changed their sexual preference.

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Dec 9, 2002, 10:26 AM

Wil

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Dec 9, 2002, 10:26 AM

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Correct, Andrew. It's no glitch in the software. Sales of the book are or were low, therefore a few pranksters decided to buy the book or put them on their wish list and recommend 'the guide to anal sex' to show how you can easily "corrupt" the software.

If you check the page now, Amazon has removed the link.

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Dec 9, 2002, 10:32 AM

Paul

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Dec 9, 2002, 10:32 AM

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What's funny is that on that page is a book by Pat Robertson (famous televangelist).

televangelists suck so much.

Dec 9, 2002, 1:00 PM