bloodyminded Posted February 14, 2010 Report Share Posted February 14, 2010 (edited) I believe in freedom. So I think if the government were to ban the book it would be a violation of freedom of speech. But Chapters is not violating that. They own their stores, and they ought to have the freedom to carry which books they want for whatever reasons they want. I agree. But free speech doesn't connote, much less denote, freedom from criticism; so everyone has the right to call out Chapters on its decisions. Edited February 14, 2010 by bloodyminded Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Ashley Posted February 19, 2010 Report Share Posted February 19, 2010 Last year my sister wanted to read Hitler's "Mein Kampf", so i went to Chapters bookstore (Canadian bookstore chain) to find the book and buy it for her as a present. Chapters said they didn't have it. When i went back home i check the chapters website and searches, and they didn't even carry it online. I checked again today out of curiousity and they still don't carry it online, even though they have tons of books discussing Mein Kampf. Yet they don't have the actual book itself. I checked amazon.ca and they have the book. Is this Chapters censoring/banning the book? Or do they just not carry it for some very odd reason given the historical importance of the book. Anyone know/work there http://www.aryannations88.com/zog/books/meinkampf.pdf its free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonam Posted February 19, 2010 Report Share Posted February 19, 2010 What I'm getting at is that we have allowed our laws on competition to become so lax that in some areas there really isn't much, if any competition. It's all very well to suggest ordering from Amazon, but what if you are one of those people (very numerous) who never order on the internet? And what if your town or city HAS no other book sellers other than the various forms of Chapters? I'm not saying they should be forced to carry every book, but the level of market dominance is troubling. This is especially so given Chapters is largely sheltered from foreign competition. 1. libraries 2. ebooks 3. full text available online 4. download it on torrent/p2p That being said, I do agree that more effective measures to prevent monopolies might be in order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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