AFA are not pleased with Sears

[Sola]

Hope this isn't a dupe as I've been away a week so I'm a bit behind, but I killing a bit of time and a few braincells over on the AFA website when I came across this action.afa.net/Detail.aspx?id=2147524065

After our last Action Alert in May, Sears assured AFA it was updating filtering equipment and enforcing strict guidelines to prevent sexually explicit products being available on their websites.

Fair enough, I don't happen to agree with them but they are entitled to moan and whine about whoever they want. Then I followed a link on that page to this action.afa.net/item.aspx?id=2147523883

The graphics on this page were take directly from http://www.sears.com website on July 9, 2012, and provided as proof of what Sears sells.

WARNING: They are explicit and graphic.

Last year, Sears promised to stop selling these type products. In our subsequent monitoring of sears.com, AFA found that Sears resumed selling sexually explicit products.

WARNING: The images are explicit and graphic.

Scroll down to view.

Yes indeed, the AFA have copied the offending images and posted them on their website, un-censored, for all to see.

I pissed myself laughing.

[notsocommon]

I just got back from shopping at Sears. heh. I actually like their clothing compared to other stores, closer to my general 'plain jane' type of style.

[Just_Jane]

I remember the underwear pages of the Sears catalog. looks like Sears has kicked things up a notch or two.

Actually, my family got the big JC Penny's catalogs. I sort of miss store catalogs.

[Witsec7]

Hey Jericho, what about those strong arm tactics now :lol:

[Sumeri]

Holy shit I need to shop at Sears more often.

[formergothardite]

I'm confused, does Sears sell those things? Because my Sears is way more vanilla.

[Just_Jane]

sears has a seller marketplace where people can sign up, pay a monthly fee/commission and sell their items via sears.com

[Anxious Girl]

Somebody should share this with Smuggly boy on his instagram. Wonder if he would delete it, the censoring shithead.

[scarygirl]

This is only second post, but I have to side with the AFA. Books promoting sexual relations with animals, minors (to me it the same thing) should not be allowed on any site, but particularly SEARS. Really, a family type business promoting the sexual abuse of animals, which I would think in most states would be ILLEGAL! It is just wrong! I don't see anyone can possibly justify such awful behavior against defenseless animals, much less promoting it.

For those that say well, it is the sellers and not sears persay, still nada. By accepting such items they are saying this kind of behavior is okay.

[itsnikki05]

This is only second post, but I have to side with the AFA. Books promoting sexual relations with animals, minors (to me it the same thing) should not be allowed on any site, but particularly SEARS. Really, a family type business promoting the sexual abuse of animals, which I would think in most states would be ILLEGAL! It is just wrong! I don't see anyone can possibly justify such awful behavior against defenseless animals, much less promoting it.

For those that say well, it is the sellers and not sears persay, still nada. By accepting such items they are saying this kind of behavior is okay.

ITA. I could care less what two consenting adults do, but children and animals are off limits.

[valsa]

This is only second post, but I have to side with the AFA. Books promoting sexual relations with animals, minors (to me it the same thing) should not be allowed on any site, but particularly SEARS. Really, a family type business promoting the sexual abuse of animals, which I would think in most states would be ILLEGAL! It is just wrong! I don't see anyone can possibly justify such awful behavior against defenseless animals, much less promoting it.

For those that say well, it is the sellers and not sears persay, still nada. By accepting such items they are saying this kind of behavior is okay.

If you're talking about "Dearest Pet", according to the Amazon page, it doesn't promote bestiality. It examines bestiality in art and history.

[scarygirl]

If you're talking about "Dearest Pet", according to the Amazon page, it doesn't promote bestiality. It examines bestiality in art and history.

Okay, still I don't know. I just think that is something that be promoted period. JMO. I made the minors reference because I have two cats that I consider to be my children. Resident cat lady at your service! :D

[Witsec7]

As to the big busty broads. Here is how Sears explained it last year.

Sears blames the incident on a third-party seller whose content managed to slip through Sears’ system of monitoring and blocking porn and other prohibited content from appearing on Sears.com. “We have a very clear policy that states the types of products we are not willing to sell. It includes pornography in every form,†says Imran Jooma, president of e-commerce for Sears. “As you can imagine there are times that people set up products on our site that do violate our policies, and we immediately work with them to ensure the items are removed and that this does not happen again.â€

The incident illustrates the risk Sears and other retailers take in allowing other merchants to sell through their e-commerce sites.

http://www.internetretailer.com/2011/05 ... arketplace

edited to add here is WSJ coverage:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142 ... 85604.html

I just did a google of the Sears site, no busty broad films or bestiality books. Another made up cause created by AFA.

Nothing to see here folk, move right along. But if you do want examples of bad porn just visit the AFA site. :lol:

[valsa]

Okay, still I don't know. I just think that is something that be promoted period. JMO. I made the minors reference because I have two cats that I consider to be my children. Resident cat lady at your service! :D

You do realize there's a difference between "examining" and "promoting", right?

Or should we not have any books about the pathology of serial killers or child molesters either?

When I was 17 or so I checked a book out of the library called something like "Conversations with a pedophile". Just like the name implies, it details the author's correspondence with a man in jail for sexual assault of several children, a man who claims to have raped over 100 boys. Books like that are important- they're a glimpse into the mind of very sick people who destory entire lives by acting out on their sickness. I'd hate to have the opportunity to examine minds like that blocked just because someone mistakes the book for promoting sexual abuse of children.

Basically, if you think you'd be titillated by that book, you are probably the one with the issues.

[SamuraiKatz]

Well, I guess if the AFA has issues with Sears, then i am GLAD I bought my new athletic shoes there. My dryer is on it's last legs...another excuse for a visit to SEARS!

[scarygirl]

You do realize there's a difference between "examining" and "promoting", right?

Or should we not have any books about the pathology of serial killers or child molesters either?

When I was 17 or so I checked a book out of the library called something like "Conversations with a pedophile". Just like the name implies, it details the author's correspondence with a man in jail for sexual assault of several children, a man who claims to have raped over 100 boys. Books like that are important- they're a glimpse into the mind of very sick people who destory entire lives by acting out on their sickness. I'd hate to have the opportunity to examine minds like that blocked just because someone mistakes the book for promoting sexual abuse of children.

Basically, if you think you'd be titillated by that book, you are probably the one with the issues.

I have no problem with the above mentioned book as it brings to lights how victims chosen, the grooming aspects, and so on. I am well versed in this. I volunteered with my local Rape Crisis Center for a number of years.

I do think though there is a very fine line. I am firm believer that you are what you consume, both physically and spirtitually. I believe it is very possible to introduce thoughts that wouldn't ordinarily been there to begin with and normalizing them like they are okay.

[blisterine]

i thought maybe it was this:

NSFW- depending on your employer!

http://www.snopes.com/business/hidden/sears.asp

[sage]

Meh, Sears is on my "maybe, maybe not" list, with the exception of their Auto department.

If it offends the AFA though, I can buy some jeans. :lol:

[Conuly]

I do think though there is a very fine line. I am firm believer that you are what you consume, both physically and spirtitually. I believe it is very possible to introduce thoughts that wouldn't ordinarily been there to begin with and normalizing them like they are okay.

I highly doubt that reading a book about bestiality through the ages is going to make anybody suddenly decide to go fuck their dog. And it's actions that matter - not thoughts. I don't really care if my neighbor gets off on thoughts of doing his cat, or tree, or toaster, so long as he doesn't do any harm to anybody. Heck, I don't even particularly care if he's drooling over Parents magazine so long as he keeps it to himself and no children are harmed during the creation of his fantasies.

Could reading a book about bestiality "introduce thoughts that wouldn't ordinarily (have) been there"? Maybe. Intrusive thoughts are common enough among all people, sometimes they're bound to be about a subject that we aren't really interested in. But I doubt a scholarly book is really going to whet anybody's unnatural appetites.

[Anxious Girl]

I highly doubt that reading a book about bestiality through the ages is going to make anybody suddenly decide to go fuck their dog. And it's actions that matter - not thoughts. I don't really care if my neighbor gets off on thoughts of doing his cat, or tree, or toaster, so long as he doesn't do any harm to anybody. Heck, I don't even particularly care if he's drooling over Parents magazine so long as he keeps it to himself and no children are harmed during the creation of his fantasies.

Could reading a book about bestiality "introduce thoughts that wouldn't ordinarily (have) been there"? Maybe. Intrusive thoughts are common enough among all people, sometimes they're bound to be about a subject that we aren't really interested in. But I doubt a scholarly book is really going to whet anybody's unnatural appetites.

This. Oh so much. scarygirl's argument reminds me of the fundie/ignorant Christian theory that just because gay men are gay must mean that they like any man they happen to lay their eyes on. Um, no. LGBT people have preferences in the people they like; just like straight people. I wonder if scarygirl's secretly a fundie? She's wondering into the oh-so-closesly into the fundie comparison of bestaility to LGBT sex territory; which makes no sense; because humans have sex with other humans; whether they're LGBT or het.

[fundiefan]

They can boycott and bitch about Sears and their freedom of speech, but anyone who boycotts chick fil a or whatever the hell it is is slapping freedom of speech in the face.

They idiocy and hypocrisy of these people makes my brain itch.

Don't like it, don't look at it or buy it. It's really easy to do.

[contrary]

I have had dogs all my life, with the exception of one cat. All were beloved, and the cat, my constant companion from my first post college apt to well after my marriage, was a crushing loss.

I understand the love and devotion poured out to, and received by pets...

...but they are not the same thing as children.

Nor is a scientific examination of a topic the same as promotion of it. But y'all already said that.

[scarygirl]

This. Oh so much. scarygirl's argument reminds me of the fundie/ignorant Christian theory that just because gay men are gay must mean that they like any man they happen to lay their eyes on. Um, no. LGBT people have preferences in the people they like; just like straight people. I wonder if scarygirl's secretly a fundie? She's wondering into the oh-so-closesly into the fundie comparison of bestaility to LGBT sex territory; which makes no sense; because humans have sex with other humans; whether they're LGBT or het.

My comment was on beastility. I could care less what other consenting adults do with each other. That is up to them and their god.

I come from an Evangelical background. Nothing secret about that. I think the fundamentalists are wrong on a number of fronts, especially their treatment of women.

[scarygirl]

I have had dogs all my life, with the exception of one cat. All were beloved, and the cat, my constant companion from my first post college apt to well after my marriage, was a crushing loss.

I understand the love and devotion poured out to, and received by pets...

...but they are not the same thing as children.

Nor is a scientific examination of a topic the same as promotion of it. But y'all already said that.

I have no children. I do have two cats that I consider to be my children. I consider abuse of animals to be just as deplorable as the abuse of children. To each his or her own.

[Anxious Girl]

My comment was on beastility. I could care less what other consenting adults do with each other. That is up to them and their god.

I come from an Evangelical background. Nothing secret about that. I think the fundamentalists are wrong on a number of fronts, especially their treatment of women.

What if they're LGBT people who don't believe in a god? They still have a right to do have sex with whoever they want without religious consequences because there is seperation of church and state.