Thursday, November 18, 2010

STATEMENT REGARDING THE DECISION BY AMAZON TO SELL

“The Pedophile's Guide to Love and Pleasure: A Child Lover's Code of Conduct”

The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) is issuing the following statement to respond to the decision by Amazon.com, America's largest online retailer, to sell the book “The Pedophile's Guide to Love and Pleasure: A Child Lover's Code of Conduct” by Phillip R. Greaves.

While we have not read the book, in the Product Description on the Amazon.com website, the author Philip Greaves is quoted as saying “This is my attempt to make pedophile situations safer for those juveniles that find themselves involved in them, by establishing certain 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 (lighter) sentences should they ever be caught.”

The author's own description of the book is clear evidence of the intent and purpose of the book. It is also an admission that the pedophiles he is advising are committing criminal acts against children and violating their basic rights.

In a statement that Amazon.com issued in response to the controversy that has emerged it says that it “does not support or promote hatred or criminal acts.”

The sexual abuse of children is a serious and pervasive problem. In the United States alone, it is estimated that 1 in 5 girls and 1 in 10 boys will be sexually victimized before they reach age 18.

We are outraged at the decision by Amazon to sell this book. How can any reasonable person conclude that this book does not promote criminal acts when its author cites lighter sentences “should they ever be caught” as the purpose of the book? We urge Amazon to take a stand against the criminal act of sexual abuse of children. We ask that they remove this book from their website.

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