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<blockquote data-quote="bigfug" data-source="post: 1832489" data-attributes="member: 4864"><p>Google is not the merchant, the merchant is. When you use google shopping, you are purchasing it from the online store, not google. They are just a marketing center, and get paid for it. To me, it would be like the yellow pages telling J&K bullet casters, or any of our sponsors, they cant sell guns, knives, accessories, and be listed in the phone book.</p><p></p><p><strong>Censorship, Def. any person who supervises the manners or morality of others</strong></p><p>"Google Shopping should be safe for all users. User safety is everyones business, and we cant do business with those who dont agree. "</p><p>"Google Shopping should be compatible with Googles brand decisions. Google Shopping must be compatible with company brand decisions. Our company has a strong culture and values, and weve chosen not to allow ads that promote products and services that are incompatible with these values." Straight from the letter.</p><p></p><p>If you read the letter in its entirety, it is censorship. It even says it will not promote things that do not follow its values. Tell me how porn, sex toys, etc fall into those values, but weapons don't? Another reason they say is laws and regulations, they wont do it because they might break the law. But if you look at the list of allowed and not allowed items, they will still allow tasers, pepper spray, airsoft guns etc. However, its regionally limited based upon country etc. Why not do the same with weapons? <a href="http://support.google.com/adwordspolicy/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=176077" target="_blank">http://support.google.com/adwordspolicy/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=176077</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bigfug, post: 1832489, member: 4864"] Google is not the merchant, the merchant is. When you use google shopping, you are purchasing it from the online store, not google. They are just a marketing center, and get paid for it. To me, it would be like the yellow pages telling J&K bullet casters, or any of our sponsors, they cant sell guns, knives, accessories, and be listed in the phone book. [B]Censorship, Def. any person who supervises the manners or morality of others[/B] "Google Shopping should be safe for all users. User safety is everyones business, and we cant do business with those who dont agree. " "Google Shopping should be compatible with Googles brand decisions. Google Shopping must be compatible with company brand decisions. Our company has a strong culture and values, and weve chosen not to allow ads that promote products and services that are incompatible with these values." Straight from the letter. If you read the letter in its entirety, it is censorship. It even says it will not promote things that do not follow its values. Tell me how porn, sex toys, etc fall into those values, but weapons don't? Another reason they say is laws and regulations, they wont do it because they might break the law. But if you look at the list of allowed and not allowed items, they will still allow tasers, pepper spray, airsoft guns etc. However, its regionally limited based upon country etc. Why not do the same with weapons? [url]http://support.google.com/adwordspolicy/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=176077[/url] [/QUOTE]
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