The gunman who killed six people on August 5, 2012 at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin before he was shot to death by police, then killed himself,was 40-year-old Army veteran Wade Michael Page, former leader of the white supremacist metal band End Apathy (& Definite Hate, see back cover).

Well, Discogs definitely won't be getting my business as a result of this decision. It's extraordinarily condescending of them to think that citizens in a free society need them to restrict their choices in the marketplace for ideological reasons. I'm an adult, thanks, and I can decide for myself where my money goes and what ideas I can think about; I don't need "Big Brother" Discogs doing my thinking for me, deciding what it's OK for me to buy and listen to. Why aren't Discogs blocking the sale of gangsta rap, which advocates -- and most likely results in -- violence towards white people? Have Discogs enacted a similar policy towards artists and labels who glorify convicted serial killers, or whose products have been tied to occult crimes and teenage suicide? It's even more despicable that Discogs went so far as to blackball the entire label, which had nothing whatsoever to do with the shooting, along with all the other bands that the label represents. This decision is political discrimination.There are so many hysterical and false statements in that thread you linked to that I can't be bothered to point all of them out, but many of the zealots there have expressed anger over the fact that Discogs could be profiting from the sales of these records. The irony is that with all these outlets blocking their sale, these records are probably INCREASING in value, and becoming more desirable. That's the way a free market works, folks: limit the supply, give people the impression that they're getting something rare and "forbidden", and the price goes up. So congrats to the zealots in that thread for greatly increasing the market value of End Apathy records and putting more money into the pockets of those demonic neo-Nazis they fear and loathe so much.

Discogs staff has now blocked the sale of End Apathy / Definite Hate releases and their associated labels.And also will be reviewing and tightening their policies around the sale of material that is considered to promote hate, violence, racial or religious intolerance. http://www.discogs.com/help/forums/topic/344923#3239417

Unfortunate... I wonder what kind of affect this will have on the record label (Label 56).