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  Author of Amazon Pedophilia Book Speaks out

By Ki Mae Heussner
ABC News
November 11, 2010

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/pedophilia-book-amazon-sparks-outrage/story?id=12111987

Thousands of people on the Internet may be protesting Amazon's decision to continue sales of a self-published book on pedophilia, but at least one person stands by its decision: the author.

Philip R. Greaves II, author of the electronic book, "The Pedophile's Guide to Love and Pleasure: a Child-lover's Code of Conduct," said he was aware of the "stinging accusations" online, but argued that his critics are misunderstanding the point of his book.

"They're accusing me of wanting to hurt children. They're accusing me of encouraging pedophilia and all these other things. But that's not why I wrote the book," the 47-year-old from Pueblo, Colo., said.

"I wrote the book to establish guidelines so that people would behave in a manner that is non-injurious to each other, for one, and, for two, to communicate the fact that these people who are so different in maturation, etc., that when they develop relationships, they use certain principles that regular people, adults, would be well to attend."

The book, which went on sale Oct. 28 and costs $4.79 to download, has sparked a wave of criticism online, with customers taking to Twitter and elsewhere to ask Amazon to remove the book from its online store and others calling for a total boycott of the company until it does.

 
 

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