Jimmy Wales jwales@bomis.com writes:
We already list Amazon and several others,
Unfortunately, that's not the "we" I seem to belong to.
and we've consciously made the choice not to boycott anyone or have any particular editorial policy on this.
There are many, many more bookstores, give them a chance!
I think that's the right thing to do, because it's really outside our mission to make controversial political statements about booksellers.
Refusing to take a posisition is a political statement, too. The classical encyclopaedians took a position: they promoted enlightment. But "we" seem to tell the user, it does not matter where to buy books.
If you think they are not evildoers, then there seems to be no problem. If you think that they *are* evildoers, then at least this will help to reduce their profits.
No, it will not: you just spend some marketing money to increase your profit.