Comments on: Waterstones Capitulates to Christian Zealot http://cosmodaddy.wordpress.com/2008/11/13/waterstones-capitulates-to-christian-zealot/ Nuanced, poignant insights. With visual panache. Sometimes with added Cosmo. Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:40:55 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Welsh Assembly Defeats Christian Zealot « Cosmodaddy http://cosmodaddy.wordpress.com/2008/11/13/waterstones-capitulates-to-christian-zealot/#comment-1324 Welsh Assembly Defeats Christian Zealot « Cosmodaddy Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:34:08 +0000 http://cosmodaddy.wordpress.com/?p=1354#comment-1324 [...] 18, 2008 · No Comments Following Waterstone’s capitulation to fundamentalist Christian Stephen Green, who had vowed to protest a poetry reading at their store [...] [...] 18, 2008 · No Comments Following Waterstone’s capitulation to fundamentalist Christian Stephen Green, who had vowed to protest a poetry reading at their store [...]

]]> By: cosmodaddy http://cosmodaddy.wordpress.com/2008/11/13/waterstones-capitulates-to-christian-zealot/#comment-1292 cosmodaddy Sat, 15 Nov 2008 09:23:48 +0000 http://cosmodaddy.wordpress.com/?p=1354#comment-1292 A very well put together video, Rowan, and I'm grateful for the link. The open letter to Waterstone's is very well argued, and I would hope to see a response from them. It's entirely true that there appears to be a double standard in the company's determination to press ahead 20 years ago in promoting the Satanic Verses, yet cancelling promotion now for a book which an unrepresentative Christian extremist had deemed blasphemous. Indeed a book seller which even subscribes to the concept of blasphemy really isn't doing its job properly. I wholeheartedly support the campaign to reinstate the promotion of Darkness is Where the Stars Are and would be grateful to be informed of any updates I miss. A very well put together video, Rowan, and I’m grateful for the link. The open letter to Waterstone’s is very well argued, and I would hope to see a response from them. It’s entirely true that there appears to be a double standard in the company’s determination to press ahead 20 years ago in promoting the Satanic Verses, yet cancelling promotion now for a book which an unrepresentative Christian extremist had deemed blasphemous. Indeed a book seller which even subscribes to the concept of blasphemy really isn’t doing its job properly.

I wholeheartedly support the campaign to reinstate the promotion of Darkness is Where the Stars Are and would be grateful to be informed of any updates I miss.

]]> By: Rowan Fortune-Wood http://cosmodaddy.wordpress.com/2008/11/13/waterstones-capitulates-to-christian-zealot/#comment-1288 Rowan Fortune-Wood Fri, 14 Nov 2008 09:18:16 +0000 http://cosmodaddy.wordpress.com/?p=1354#comment-1288 Brilliant blog, there’s a video on YouTube you can go to http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=YDp0lNDZukM that includes a response to Waterstone’s from Cinnamon Press. Warm Regards, Rowan & Cinnamon Press Brilliant blog, there’s a video on YouTube you can go to http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=YDp0lNDZukM that includes a response to Waterstone’s from Cinnamon Press.

Warm Regards,
Rowan & Cinnamon Press

]]> By: Michelle http://cosmodaddy.wordpress.com/2008/11/13/waterstones-capitulates-to-christian-zealot/#comment-1287 Michelle Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:06:11 +0000 http://cosmodaddy.wordpress.com/?p=1354#comment-1287 “Imagine books and music and movies being filtered and homogenized. Certified. Approved for consumption. People will be happy to give up most of their culture for the assurance that the tiny bit that comes through is safe and clean. White noise.” - Chuck Palahniuk “Imagine books and music and movies being filtered and homogenized. Certified. Approved for consumption. People will be happy to give up most of their culture for the assurance that the tiny bit that comes through is safe and clean. White noise.”

- Chuck Palahniuk

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