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• alisong76 commented on Amazon explains cataloging error that banished queer books to "adult" purgatory
  @29 @ people-freaking-out-about-Amazon's-evil-master-plan-to-attack-people-in-alternative-lifestyles: I'm sorry folks, but if you look at the net result of this sort of fiasco, you have a large retailer publicly stating that they screwed up and that they never intended to cause this problem with the books in question. They're basically saying there's nothing wrong with those books and that THEY made a mistake. At the very outset of this fiasco, a CSR stated that it WAS policy and you only need do the most cursory research to find that. After they realsed the hot water they'd got themselves into, it became a "glitch". Think...
• DragonVPM commented on Amazon explains cataloging error that banished queer books to "adult" purgatory
  #44 Of course we all know how good all CSRs are about not screwing up and telling you something completely wrong (or answering the wrong question). I've never had a CSR give me the wrong information /sarcasm A comment further up in the thread does (IMO) a good job of explaining what was going on with that specific CSR. Without being able to go back and really look to see who this CSR was and exactly what information they officially had, I'd be very reluctant to take their word for what was going on. As far as having their cake...
• alisong76 commented on Amazon explains cataloging error that banished queer books to "adult" purgatory
  Yes, ok, so now it's "stubbornly bent out of shape" - that's a very old way of invalidating and belittling the person on the other side of the argument. I can't possibly have anything to be upset about, so therefore I'm being stubborn and am looking for things to be offended by. Been there, heard it, too tired to go into that one again and why it's wrong again. While we're pointing to other people's explanations, here, have one - she says everything right: http://www.humansatwork.com/the-lessons-of-amazonfail/ I'll still "stubbornly" be buying elsewhere for the forseeable future, possibly forever, mainly because I...
• Mitch commented on Lettuce in the sky, with diamonds
  It's an interesting idea. You could at least supplement outdoor agriculture with it. Small organic farms produce more food per unit of land. Very large farms produce more food per unit of capital. Transitioning to organic farming would make more effective use of existing farm land. As food prices become more expensive replacing larger parts of the suburban lawn with food gardens will become more attractive....
• pearlene commented on Charges against artist Steve Kurtz thrown out
  re#27: I just watched it (the film Strange Culture)as well. I was jaw-droppingly appalled at the Kafkaesque nightmare that Prof. Kurtz has been forced to endure. Not totally shocked, mind you, for as a child of the turbulent 50's in the deep south, I have seen this sort of thing happen in the USA before. It scares me to no end to witness a so-called 'righteously sanctioned' part of our society (a political party) that has utilized Fear so well so that it has seized control of far too many otherwise perfectly decent people. They (that political den of anakes)...