These 10 Products Are So Offensive that Amazon Had to Ban Them
You’ll find mobile apps, smartphones, tablets, all sorts of electronics, tools, apparel, and other products on Amazon. You won’t find the 10 products listed below though.
Why you ask? The answer is simple. These products are so offensive that they’ve been banned from Amazon. A word of warning: you may find some of these products downright disgusting. After all, that’s why Amazon has banned them. Consider yourself warned!
10. RapeLay, a rape-themed 3D hentai video game
Developed, published and released by Illusion Soft back in 2006, this adult video game centers around a male protagonist called Masaya Kimura. The gameplay centers on stalking and raping a mother and her two daughters (the Kiryuu family). You understand now why this game has been banned in several countries.
9. "I Love Hitler" T-shirt
It’s easy to understand why the World Jewish Congress asked Amazon to stop selling T-shirts that said “I Love Hitler.” I have to ask: where would you wear such a T-shirt?
8. A book entitled "The Pedophile’s Guide to Love and Pleasure"
This self-published book from 2010 says that pedophiles are misunderstood, includes first-person descriptions of sexual encounters, and is a clearly a manifesto on how to sexually batter children. Don’t worry, the guy who wrote it has been arrested.
7. The “Lady Boy Drag” Halloween costume
Take a slip dress, put a fake penis on it, include a black wig, and sell this “costume” on Amazon. That’s what Orion Costumes did in 2015. As you can imagine, the general public and the transsexual community did not find this costume very amusing.
6. WikiLeaks website gets kicked from Amazon’s servers
Remember the WikiLeaks scandal from 2010? After the website’s servers were hit by a denial-of-service attack, WikiLeaks moved its website to Amazon's servers. The US Government put pressure on Amazon, forcing it to kick WikiLeaks from its web hosting platform.
5. Whale meat, even though whales are endangered
The fact that Whales are endangered didn’t stop Amazon Japan from selling whale meat. Until 2012, you could purchase whale jerky, whale bacon, and other similar products from the Japanese Amazon website.
4. An iPhone case shaped like a gun
A case is meant to protect your iPhone, not make it look like a gun. It may sound like a cool idea, but it is not, it is a recipe for disaster. You see, when you put your iPhone in your pocket, it looks like you’re carrying a gun. People will notice, they will call the police, you’ll unnecessarily get yourself in trouble.
3. Hindu God leggings
When someone started selling Hindu God leggings on Amazon, an influential Hindu organization did not like it. They denounced the leggings as disrespectful and Amazon removed them from the website.
2. Buckyballs magnetic balls
This is a classic case of why you shouldn’t let kids play with toys that are inappropriate for their age. These magnetic balls certainly fall in that category, since more than 1,000 children ended up in the hospital because they swallowed them. Amazon and other major retailers no longer sell Buckyballs.
1. Phony cures for cancer
And this is a classic case of how scammers will try anything to get your money. Products that claim to fight and even cure cancer are nothing but a hoax. Amazon won’t support these scammers by selling their merchandise.
TL;DR? Check out this video from Alltime10s.
Why you ask? The answer is simple. These products are so offensive that they’ve been banned from Amazon. A word of warning: you may find some of these products downright disgusting. After all, that’s why Amazon has banned them. Consider yourself warned!
10. RapeLay, a rape-themed 3D hentai video game
Developed, published and released by Illusion Soft back in 2006, this adult video game centers around a male protagonist called Masaya Kimura. The gameplay centers on stalking and raping a mother and her two daughters (the Kiryuu family). You understand now why this game has been banned in several countries.
9. "I Love Hitler" T-shirt
It’s easy to understand why the World Jewish Congress asked Amazon to stop selling T-shirts that said “I Love Hitler.” I have to ask: where would you wear such a T-shirt?
8. A book entitled "The Pedophile’s Guide to Love and Pleasure"
This self-published book from 2010 says that pedophiles are misunderstood, includes first-person descriptions of sexual encounters, and is a clearly a manifesto on how to sexually batter children. Don’t worry, the guy who wrote it has been arrested.
7. The “Lady Boy Drag” Halloween costume
Take a slip dress, put a fake penis on it, include a black wig, and sell this “costume” on Amazon. That’s what Orion Costumes did in 2015. As you can imagine, the general public and the transsexual community did not find this costume very amusing.
6. WikiLeaks website gets kicked from Amazon’s servers
Remember the WikiLeaks scandal from 2010? After the website’s servers were hit by a denial-of-service attack, WikiLeaks moved its website to Amazon's servers. The US Government put pressure on Amazon, forcing it to kick WikiLeaks from its web hosting platform.
5. Whale meat, even though whales are endangered
The fact that Whales are endangered didn’t stop Amazon Japan from selling whale meat. Until 2012, you could purchase whale jerky, whale bacon, and other similar products from the Japanese Amazon website.
4. An iPhone case shaped like a gun
A case is meant to protect your iPhone, not make it look like a gun. It may sound like a cool idea, but it is not, it is a recipe for disaster. You see, when you put your iPhone in your pocket, it looks like you’re carrying a gun. People will notice, they will call the police, you’ll unnecessarily get yourself in trouble.
3. Hindu God leggings
When someone started selling Hindu God leggings on Amazon, an influential Hindu organization did not like it. They denounced the leggings as disrespectful and Amazon removed them from the website.
2. Buckyballs magnetic balls
This is a classic case of why you shouldn’t let kids play with toys that are inappropriate for their age. These magnetic balls certainly fall in that category, since more than 1,000 children ended up in the hospital because they swallowed them. Amazon and other major retailers no longer sell Buckyballs.
1. Phony cures for cancer
And this is a classic case of how scammers will try anything to get your money. Products that claim to fight and even cure cancer are nothing but a hoax. Amazon won’t support these scammers by selling their merchandise.
TL;DR? Check out this video from Alltime10s.
