Undercity

UNDERCITY from Andrew Wonder on Vimeo.

Scale of the Universe (flash)

E-Tomb

http://www.yankodesign.com/2010/11/10/tweet-and-like-me-even-when-i%E2%80%99m-dead/

I will comment on what this is later.

How is this alright?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/tags-on-product/B0049U4CF6/ref=tag_dpp_cust_edpp_sa

Okay, Amazon. What the hell?

To be fair, it's not completely Amazon's fault. The Pedophile's Guide to Love and Pleasure, actually written by a certain Phillip R. Greaves, is a digital book available for the Amazon Kindle for the low, low price of $4.79 plus prison time and scarred children, and is a how-to guide for the conscientious pedophile searching to gain acceptance in the eyes of society and of the innocent little kid he abuses. From the Amazon sale page:

"This is my attempt to make pedophile situations safer for those juveniles that find themselves involved in them, by establishing certian rules for these adults to follow. I hope to achieve this by appealing to the better nature of pedosexuals, with hope that their doing so will result in less hatred and perhaps liter sentences should they ever be caught."

Honestly, I can't bring myself to accept that. Pedophile situations aren't something you can make safer- it's something that has to be stopped completely! If you find yourself with pedophilic urges, you find a way to deal with them that doesn't involve indulging them anyways. And so help me, if any "pedosexual" ever uses having followed this book's advice as a defense in their trial after being caught, in hopes of receiving a "liter sentence", I sincerely hope the judge takes one look at the abused child or children caused by this book in any way encouraging the rapist into thinking this was okay, and use that book to intensify the person's sentence, for so putridly planning these things out ahead of time.

Amazon won't take the item down from its stock, saying that they believe taking it down merely because doing so because it offends other people would be censorship. This is irresponsible, given how the product is helping to encourage and assist pedophiles in attacking and raping children (and yes, it is always rape, because no child can ever give consent for something like this).

But even more, it's profoundly disappointing. As a college student, I rely on Amazon every semester to buy textbooks, and avoid being robbed blind by my college bookstore. They're really the cheapest solution I've found so far, and the most convenient, and I've never had a single complaint against them before.

So, if I find myself having to boycott Amazon because of this, I won't be happy in any way. But it still seems preferable to in any way supporting this. You better believe I'll be following this story closely, and sincerely hoping Amazon will come to its senses and pull this sucker down.

This isn't censorship. This is a sense of responsibility and concern for the millions of innocent children out there.

ETA: The book has now been taken down, much to my relief. Provided it stays down, I will be very happy to resume Christmas shopping and buying of textbooks for next semester, as well as all other use, on the site. :)

To the Pain

to the pain from emily kiel on Vimeo.

I grew up loving Princess Bride. And of the whole movie, this part had to be the greatest section of dialogue.