PayPal sparks furore over limits on "obscene" e-books

[IAN 2411]

Personally, I don't know why anyone would object to my buying pornography.

FULL STOP!!! I do understand that statement above Thorne, and I am in total agreement.

unless for religious reasons.

Why religious reasons, by that you are saying if they say don’t shop at TESCO because they are atheists we should do just that.

The OP is not about pornography, it is about the written word. They are erotic writing and because it is all in the mind and fiction it cannot be classed as pornography in either the USA or the UK and Europe. To be pornography there has to be two consenting adults in either film or still pictures, and this is what the furore is about.

Neither is it PayPal in a way, they are just pandering to the plastic people. It is that little piece of plastic we all carry in our wallet. It is they that are telling us how to live our lives without sin, at the same time they rob us blind with their over the top charges. When they start telling you which supermarket to go to because the others don’t pay them enough return for the use of plastic, then it will be too late to shout Big Brother.

Be well IAN 2411

[Thorne]

The OP is not about pornography, it is about the written word. They are erotic writing and because it is all in the mind and fiction it cannot be classed as pornography in either the USA or the UK and Europe. To be pornography there has to be two consenting adults in either film or still pictures, and this is what the furore is about.

You say erotica, they say pornography. ANYTHING which doesn't agree with their notion of Right is pornography.

It is they that are telling us how to live our lives without sin, at the same time they rob us blind with their over the top charges.

Be like me, then. Don't pay their charges. Pay cash, or pay off the card when it comes due. No interest payments, no late fees, no annual fees. If they don't like it, don't use them.

When they start telling you which supermarket to go to because the others don’t pay them enough return for the use of plastic, then it will be too late to shout Big Brother.

And when people stop using them because they can't buy what they want, they'll back down or go out of business. I use credit cards because they are convenient. When they stop being convenient, they can keep them. When they tell me I cannot buy something because they deemed it obscene, I will cut up my card. If enough people do that, they will rethink their position. Or go out of business.