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10/27/2008
Amazon Had Obama Mask on Sale as 'Terrorist Costume'
Inexcusable. Apparently they've pulled the listing.
Posted 12:30 PM EST by Andy Towle in Barack Obama, Election 2008, Halloween, News | Permalink
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That stupid mask is no where near as handsome as Slim Jim. Looks more like a biracial Republican to me.
Posted by: Derrick from Philly | Oct 27, 2008 12:38:28 PM
the people responsible for that listing should be fired immediatley!
Posted by: marc | Oct 27, 2008 12:47:38 PM
Let's all calm down for a second - aren't related searches on Amazon generated by user trends and input, not intentional choices by Amazon employees?
Posted by: Aaron | Oct 27, 2008 12:59:23 PM
So how is this different than the Bush hitler masks of yesteryear?
@marc
This wasn't done through Amazon.com itself but through a reseller - than can sell whatever they want. Most likely amazon had the listing removed when they found out about it. Although I fail how this even violates the terms of service ... let alone being illegal...
Posted by: yoshi | Oct 27, 2008 1:01:38 PM
Aaron, yes you're correct, its just like the movie section where there is a section titled "People searching for this movie, also searched for..."
Getting upset at this is like searching for Priscilla Queen of the Desert and also finding that people also searched for a documentary on the "God Hates Fags" (Westboro Baptist) church.
....not sure if that analogy totally lines up...but i'm hungover, give me a break <3
Posted by: Bob-e | Oct 27, 2008 1:22:31 PM
Are they selling YOSHI, THE LOG CABINETTE masks?
Posted by: John in Manhattan | Oct 27, 2008 1:28:51 PM
As an employee of Amazon that works with Seller listings, I can tell you that sellers can put up these items as they like with their own Search Criteria. What probably happened is that the listing was reported to the proper violations groups at Amazon and it was then taken down.
Posted by: Patrick | Oct 27, 2008 2:25:38 PM
I hope nobody thinks i'm a huge facist with little sense of humor, but I agree 100 percent with Marc.
Posted by: Adolph | Oct 27, 2008 6:58:19 PM