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Subject: Re: Dymocks and Angus & Robertson engaged in censorship Posted on: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:51:16 EST

"Trevor Wilson" said:

>My comments stand. I am disgusted and appalled at Dymocks decision to engage
>in censorship.

This is not censorship. As a private entity, they're quite entitled
to sell or not sell any books they choose.

Every day they make such decisions. If they decide not to sell a
given book because it's crap, do you rail against them for
censorship?

As do you, I deplore the background to this sorry saga. But I
respect the bookstore's right to decide what to sell on commercial
grounds. The threat of legal action is a commercial factor.

Now if the Government had said they couldn't sell a particular book
(which regrettably it does) that would be censorship.

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