>From a posting on
http://BikePortland.org :
Local biking author and nationally syndicated columnist Joe Kurmaskie
(aka Metal Cowboy) has already called the company to voice his
concerns. He shared the exchange he just had with CafePress on a local
email list:
'...I just got off the phone with the content team of Cafe Press... I let
them know my thoughts... and also let them know that I would be doing an
article on this.'
To which CafePress replied,
'come on man, this is just harmless fun. Do you have to make a federal
case over it?'
Posted by
http://bikejournal.com/profiles.asp?rname=raleighdon
That really seems to be their attitude, as near as I can see, and from
their "automated" responsse to those of us who have complained. My
answer is simple. Yes. We DO need to make a federal case over it. I
believe there is a concentrated and organized collective of
individuals out there who believe the way to spread their message of
hatred against another colletive of individuals is through aggression,
intimidation, threats of physical violence and actual acts of
violence. This is the very definition of "hate crimes" and, in fact,
the very definition of terrorism, both covered under federal statutes.
So, when we are confronted with cavalier attitudes by these bozos in
customer service who minimize our complaints, our answers should be a
resounding YES.
I REFUSE to "stand down" as has been suggested, and I REFUSE to give a
company a break because they also do a lot of good things.
Posted by
http://bikejournal.com/profiles.asp?rname=Jenni
8 AM Saturday, images still available though not for purchase. That
doesn't matter one bit to me. I'm infuriated.
Our club has used CafePress to personalize merchandise. I, as a board
member, have made the immediate recommendation that we cease all
connections with this company.
I'm just sorry I didn't see this soon. But, uh, I was out riding my
bike.
I am SO PROUD to be a part of this community of INTELLIGENT, ACTIVE,
and AWARE people. Your letters and feedback and even controlled
discussion (when I know many of us feel like being uncontrolled
perhaps) is really a credit to you all. Great, great job.
I'll be sending my letter soon.
My letter:
I am a cyclist. Our bike club has used your company for many years to
print customized club material on your products.
I have been informed through the cycling community that you were
selling but are now only showing (same difference to me, just as
equally bad an offense) material advocating the murder of cyclists. I
am referring to stickers and other material that say "I don't share
the road" and the other products in that line.
I will NEVER purchase from you any product again. Your response has
been slow and inadequate. How on earth could you make the products "no
longer available" but continue to leave their images up?
I am recommending that our club cease all business relations with your
company immediately. In addition you should know that the cycling
community is enormous. Word of your site and these reprehensible acts
has spread now to tens of thousands of cyclists through our connection
of forums, advocacy groups and word-of-mouth.
I was willing to forgive that others created the material that was
found. But I am not willing to forgive that you were notified and you
responded by removing them for sale but left the images up. Remove my
email from all your lists.
The ticket code for this inquiry is LTK30042009965X.
In addition, here is their disclaimer- I don't know if anyone copied
it here yet.
Content Disclaimer
CafePress provides users complete e-commerce tools needed to create
and sell a wide variety of products featuring their ideas, designs and
art. All merchandise content is created by users of the CafePress
Service and does not necessarily reflect the opinions and views of
CafePress.com.
On May 26, 7:01 am, Doc O'Leary <
[email protected]>
wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> "Rich Clark" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Fromhttp://www.cafepress.com/cp/info/help/content-policy.aspx
>
> > Somebody was asleep at the switch at Cafe Press.
>
> No, they just don't enforce their own policy. I reported a spammer a
> while ago and CafePress actually tried to assert that I subscribed to
> it, despite the address being obviously scraped from Usenet! CafePress
> should be avoided at all costs.
>
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