Comments on: eBay’s Hypocritical Censorship

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 16:30:24 +0000

I left a post on a Discussion board today – my first – it was removed within minures and I was santioned for 7 days. These guys are running scared. Here is (was) my post.

I am concerned that Ebay has lost its way. I used to come to Ebay first for all of my needs – now I go somewhere else. Usually the prices are higher on Ebay and I dont know who it is coming from. I can buy most things cheaper from a reputable company and have some kind of warranty. I used to be able to get a deal on Ebay – but now it seems there are just multiple listings from the same people or companies with higher prices over and over. This cannot last – I see Ebay going away or changing dramatically.

By: ryan

ryan — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 22:56:03 +0000

sorry thomas, this is not so cut and dried as you insist. this particular image does (for me) constitute crossing the line and i can see why ebay acted the way they did.

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:00:22 +0000

With or without the plane it’s a poor comparison TH is making. Sure you could do better than that.

By: haha

haha — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:33:41 +0000

Benedict your the only one who took that space ship for a dildo, so maybe people are the issue here not the album cover

By: Benedict

Benedict — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:32:12 +0000

Wonder who is hypocritical in this case.

What I see on the mentioned cover is a young girl with developing breast and an airplane-shaped dildo in her hands. How can anyone seriously compare pederast porn like this with a swimming baby like on the Nevermind cover?

This is of course a sexually loaded pic and shooting this kind of imagery with minors should be prosecuted as sexual abuse.

By: siamshopmarket

siamshopmarket — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 05:33:34 +0000

siamshopmarket buy sell shopping

By: Stefan

Stefan — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:33:17 +0000

maybe it is because this cover looks very ugly.

By: Steph Mineart

Steph Mineart — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 02:44:06 +0000

How on earth does that censorship protect children in any way? At this point, it’s not about protecting kids at all; it’s about legislating prudishness under false pretenses.

By: Frank

Frank — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 02:15:45 +0000

Ah, the famous “British cover” of the Blind Faith album. When it came out, the US version was kind of a brown paper, with just a small picture of the band and the name in a hand-made font.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_faith#Album_release_and_controversy

Amazon’s certainly gotten past it, if you look in its listings. Really too bad about eBay – - but we know which side Meg Whitman was on between McCain and Obama! Wouldn’t be PRUdent!

By: Eric in SF

Eric in SF — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:38:55 +0000

Thomas, I bet it’s because of this:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/technology/2008/12/wikipedia_is_censored.html

The hysteria over child porn is firmly in prosecutor hands worldwide and no one wants to be pulled into court by a grandstanding prosecutor.

You should send every instance of a naked baby/toddler to eBay. Flood them with their own BS.