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The French Web site of online auctioneer eBay has temporarily changed its policy due to a user complaint linking the site's ranking system to a symbol of Nazi Germany, according to an AFP report in Yahoo! News.
Earlier this month, Dominique Bellamy wrote to the site, complaining of eBay's 'yellow star' user rank and comparing it to the yellow Star of David that European Jews were forced to wear during the Holocaust. Recalling the Nazi invasion of France, Bellamy's wife Francoise told AFP, "It brought back bad memories of the occupation."
As frequent eBay users know, the site employs color-coded stars as a user rating system. The 'yellow star' is the lowest rating that one user can give another. While the French site has not made any public announcement of the policy change, a spokesperson for the eBay corporation did acknowledge the change, telling AFP in an e-mail that "no definitive change has been decided yet." According to the e-mail, no other eBay sites have received similar complaints. [From: AFP]
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Subscribe to commentsecco6t9Feb 23rd 2009 12:19PM
So does this mean our Christmas Tree topper is nothing more than Nazi propaganda?
andyFeb 24th 2009 1:18PM
this is crazy, i'am pretty sure a lot of sites uses the same system for rating thing. I can't believe someone is trying to compare ebay with the Nazis.
CarneyFeb 23rd 2009 12:48PM
eBay uses 5 pointed stars.
Not 6 pointed stars like the Star of David identified with the Jewish people, and which is the yellow star the Nazis forced Jews to wear.
Thus, this complaint is completely absurd and without any merit whatsoever, and should have not only been dismissed from the court, but the plaintiff harshly punished for filing a frivolous lawsuit and subjected to mockery, rather than respectful treatment, from the media.
If this stands, then I expect Macy's and Heinken, which both use a 5 pointed red star, to be SUCCESSFULLY sued by victims of communism, which used that exact symbol and not one vaguely like it.
RocketboyFeb 23rd 2009 1:20PM
"Recalling the Nazi invasion of France, Bellamy's wife Francoise told AFP, "It brought back bad memories of the occupation.""
Francoise then continued on to say "All of that saluting really made my shoulder sore. You kids complain about Wii Elbow, you don't know nothing until you've had Hitler Shoulder."
steelpitt88Feb 23rd 2009 2:24PM
The internet exists, I'm Offended , Shut it Down. (just in case your a literal reader, I'm being sarcastic)
StevenFeb 23rd 2009 3:41PM
This is political correctness gone amock! Also, don't these Francolibs realize that our sun is itself a yellow star?
SteveFeb 24th 2009 10:27PM
Come on...a French lady (and nowhere that I've seen does it even say she's Jewish, or even old enough to have been alive during World War II) complaining about a yellow star offending her (that has nothing to do with World War II or the subjugation of the Jewish people since it's just a normal 5-sided star and not the Star of David)? Just shut up and stop trying to get your 15 minutes of fame for stupid reasons.
HMar 10th 2009 3:42AM
Oh for crying out loud...Ebay has been around for how long before this and with it's "colored" rating system too... And now what...If they have to change that...Then what is Ebay going to do about the yellow colored "A" in Ebay.