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<DIV>From Lisa Baskin. I was 5883. Hope you can sign. Marty</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>I have signed the petition, and am # 4591....</DIV>
<DIV>Lisa</DIV>
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<DIV><A href="http://www.petitiononline.com/Amazon07/"><BR>To: Jeff Bezos, CEO,
Amazon.com<BR><BR>As longtime Amazon customers, we are deeply disturbed by
your<BR>treatment of Jimmy Carter's important new book, Palestine: Peace
Not</A></DIV>
<DIV>Apartheid.<BR><BR>Under the "Editorial Reviews" heading --a space normally
used<BR>either<BR>for the publisher's own description of a book, or for
short,<BR>even-handed summaries from listing services such as Booklist
and<BR>Publishers Weekly --you insist on running the complete,<BR>20-paragraph,
1,636-word text of a review unabashedly hostile to<BR>Carter's viewpoint. You
have refused to add information shoppers<BR>should have in evaluating this
review: the fact that the reviewer,<BR>Jeffrey Goldberg, is a citizen of Israel
as well as the United<BR>States, and that he volunteered to serve in the Israeli
Defense<BR>Forces, for which he work ed as a guard at a prison for
Palestinian<BR>detainees. And you have refused to balance his negative review
by<BR>giving comparable space to a favorable assessment of the book,
even<BR>though positive reviews by qualified experts have appeared in
many<BR>reputable publications.<BR><BR>Because giving so much space in this
location to such a negative<BR>review is so unusual -- if not unprecedented --
for Amazon, and<BR>because you have refused requests from many customers that
you take<BR>a more balanced approach, we can only conclude that you
are<BR>deliberately trying to discourage shoppers from ordering
the<BR>former<BR>President's book.<BR><BR>This is contrary to Amazon's own
interests as a bookseller. More<BR>&nb sp; important, it's also contrary to
the interests of<BR>understanding,<BR>peace, and justice for all parties to the
Israel/Palestine<BR>conflict<BR><BR>We are not interested in supporting a
corporation that uses its<BR>power in the marketplace in such a biased and
unconstructive way on<BR>such an important issue.<BR><BR>Accordingly, if you do
not, by Jan. 22, remove the Goldberg<BR>review,<BR>move it to the more
appropriate "See all Editorial Reviews" page, or<BR>restore a semblance of
balance by giving comparable space and<BR>prominence to a more positive
evaluation of Palestine: Peace Not<BR>Apartheid, we the undersigned pledge
to:<BR><BR>1. Stop shopping at Amazon.com;<BR><BR>2. Completely close our
accounts on your servic e; and<BR><BR>3. Encourage our friends, family, and
associates to do likewise.<BR><BR>Sincerely,<BR><BR>The Undersigned<BR><<A
href="http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?Amazon07">http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?Amazon07</A>></DIV>
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<DIV> <BR><BR> ''The history of our
nation has demonstrated that separate
is<BR> seldom, if
ever, equal.''<BR> <X-TAB>
</X-TAB><BR><X-TAB> </X-TAB>Majority
opinion, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial
Court<BR><X-TAB></X-TAB><X-TAB>
</X-TAB><X-TAB> </X-TAB>4 February
2004<BR><BR><BR>l.baskin@comcast.net<BR><BR>Lisa Unger Baskin<BR>The Gehenna
Press<BR>P. O. Box 314<BR>Leeds,
Massachusetts<BR>01053<BR>413-586-4127 413-586-6222
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