Finally a response

Though ToysRUs.com and Amazon.com have still not yet responded to SAVE, they have responded to some of you. Toys R Us says: "Thank you for contacting Toys "R" Us with your concerns regarding products sold on Amazon.com. Toysrus.com is a strong believer in the responsible marketing and sale of toys and related products and we try to provide our guests with items that reflect these values. Please note, however, that Toys "R" Us is only responsible for those items which are sold on our site, and not those found throughout other Amazon channels. We do understand your concern over the products in question and have taken the liberty of forwarding your comments to Amazon.com." Apparently Toys-R-Us just doesn't get that these products are purchased from the "kid's book" tab at toysrus.com.

Amazon writes, in part: "We believe that people have the right to choose their own reading material. Our goal is to support freedom of expression and provide customers with the broadest selection possible so they can find, discover, and buy any title they might be seeking. That selection includes some titles which most people, including employees of Amazon.com, may find distasteful or otherwise objectionable. However, Amazon.com believes it is censorship to make a publication unavailable to our customers because we believe its message to be repugnant." Amazon, however, does not sell some books, Hitler's "Mein Kampf" in Germany for instance. (http://www.forbes.com/2002/10/08/1008amazon.html) They have removed "The NAMBLA Bulletin" after our previous campaign. Amazon's own policy states that they will not sell "offensive material." Specifically, they say: "Offensive material. What we deem offensive is probably about what you would expect. This includes items such as crime-scene photos or human organs and body parts. Amazon.com reserves the right to determine the appropriateness of listings posted to our site." Is repugnant not offensive?

Action Item of the month

Once again, we remind everyone of our ongoing boycott against Amazon.com, and the sites that continue to sell from Amazon's inventory, including toysrus.com. Please visit our online petition at http://www.conservativepetitions.com/petitions.php?id=246 to tell Toys-R-Us of your displeasure at what is available through their website. Please spread the word to friends and family about Amazon.com's links to the homosexual pedophile groups that call themselves "the boylovers community". Be aware that Amazon has even penetrated traditionally "pro-family" sites like http://www.townhall.com. Mention it at church. Please continue to refer family and friends to our website, www.childprotectionprogram.org, for updates on this ongoing campaign. No more can any of us be parties to the sexual victimization of young boys that we believe Amazon.com is responsible for. Most importantly, call in to your favorite conservative or Christian talk shows and ask the hosts to visit the toysrus.com site and see the search results for themselves.

In other news…
President Bush has signed legislation that makes it easier to adopt older children in foster care. http://www.team4news.com/Global/story.asp?S=1546933 Over 500,000 American children are in the foster care system at any given point in time. For more information on foster care, visit the National Foster Parent Association at http://www.nfpainc.org. To see a transcript of the President's remarks when signing the bill visit http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=124-12022003

Singer Ozzy Osbourne has revealed that he was a victim of child sexual abuse. http://edition.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/Music/12/02/ple.ozzyosbourne.ap "Everything when you are a kid affects you in later life," said Osbourne. "If you build a wall with rocky foundations you are going to have pretty unstable wall when it's finished."

If you know of a child in need, please visit the "For Immediate Help" section of our online Child Protection Guide at Child's Safety" section of our online Child Protection Guide. http://www.childprotectionprogram.org/guide/15.php