Something else that scares me (page 2)

Robdar

Yep, and look what I got for it. I've learned a valuable lesson.

OMG. Not only did you shop at Walmart, now you are pulling out the "look, what I've learned" card.

Yup. Pimp and prostitute.

beksbks

Oh dear, Christmas made me compromise my principals by shopping at Wal-Mart!!!!!

Thanks a lot UC, I suppose you go around telling all the neighborhood kiddies that Santa isn't real too!?

Robdar

Oh dear, Christmas made me compromise my principals by shopping at Wal-Mart!!!!!

Bekster, I thought you were a fine vixen with high standards. I guess I was wrong. I feel totally betrayed.

WHY DID YOU HAVE TO SHOP AT WALMART--OF ALL PLACES?

~runs out of forum sobbing~

undercover

I suppose you go around telling all the neighborhood kiddies that Santa isn't real too!?

right after I stole all their presents...

beksbks

Rob! Honey Bunny wanted that album! He'll never know if it's been "cleaned up". I hope.

VoidEater

The important thing is to show your repentence...

LOL...good old Walmart. Was just up there shopping with my sister, the exWM gal and since she's moved away, the old gang all came up to talk with her. I made sure to ask them how things were going....had to ask if they were making at least $40,000 a year yet...sadly, the Christmas spirit is not upon them because Walmart is cutting department managers and not rehiring people so they are feeling overworked and overwhelmed at this moment - no 40k yet but maybe after 20 years lol. sammieswife.

Wal-Mart Family Values: Music=Bad. Guns=Good.

Jan 12 '03

The Bottom Line Wal-Mart's censorship policies are a double standard.

Wal-Mart is the leading retail outlet in America today and it is also known as a store that supports family values. And it shows off its family values in a most interesting way.

By now it is common knowledge that Wal-Mart is guilty of music censorship. The common line is this: If our standards are not met/Wal-Mart will not carry it. Thus, you are not likely to find many CDs at Wal-Mart by artists such as Papa Roach, Disturbed, Nine Inch Nails, Eminem, P Diddy or Dr. Dre. If you do find any there, they will most likely sound like a game of Hangman that the players have not been able to finish. That's because Wal-Mart feels that objectionable lyrics on CDs are bad and do not reflect Wal-Mart's "family values". Never mind the fact that this policy has duped many consumers who have gone into Wal-Marts to buy music and discovered that their copy of the new Rage Against The Machine album was heavily sanitized for sensitive listeners. (Note: There is a way to tell if a CD you are thinking of buying from Wal-Mart has been censored or not. Look on the price sticker. If the CD has any cuts in it, it will say edited right after the title. If it says that, go elsewhere)

Now the artists I named above are noted for being rather rough in their lyrics and thus many of them are likely to wind up with a Parental Advisory sticker on them. So the thought of Wal-Mart rejecting or ordering them Censored isn't surprising considering Wal-Mart's history. What is surprising is that some seemingly innocuous artists have also fallen under the Wal-Mart axe. John Mellencamp, whose lyrics would never call for a Parental Advisory sticker, had to change the cover art on his 1996 Mr. Happy Go Lucky album because of some religious themed imagery. The Goo Goo Dolls have also come under fire, not for lyrics, but for cover art. Their 1995 album A Boy Named Goo features a young child with blackberry juice on his face. Wal-Mart declined to sell the album on the grounds that the cover "promotes child abuse".

So yes, Wal-Mart is a fine obedient soldier in the war on what the likes of Sen. Bob Dole and Sen. Joe Lieberman refer to as the entertainment industry's "nightmares of depravity". What is interesting is what Wal-Mart does sell.

I could easily get up from typing this, drive over to my local Wal-Mart and purchase a handgun. On the way out, I could also buy a pack of Marlboro cigarettes.

Now I am not calling for Wal-Mart to remove guns or cigarettes or beer from their shelves. How could I protest their infringements on our freedom of choice in music and artists freedom of expression, yet call for them to deny freedom of choice in other areas. As far as gun control goes, I support the 2nd amendment as much as I support the first. Yet I do find it hilarious that Wal-Mart thinks rock and rap music is apparently dangerous and thus will not sell certain artists' recordings or heavily censor the ones they do decide to sell, yet they have no problem with selling a device that is designed for one purpose and that is to perforate people. Maybe I'm the only one who sees the utterly hilarious irony in all this.

So, in Wal-Mart's old time, "family values" view of America, the 2nd amendment is alive and well. But the first amendment is not. Maybe we should re-write it some so it will read more in line with Sam Walton's viewpoint:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances, unless they are not in line with the corporate policies of Wal-Mart Inc.

Once that's done, Wal-Mart can continue on by starting its own political party and getting members elected to Congress and maybe even the presidency. It won't be long before the Family Values of Sam Walton will be reflected all across America.

Of course, Rock and Rap music will simply cease to exist or at the very least have to pass a stringent approval rating before getting recorded and released. But you will be able to buy all the guns you want. Welcome to Wal-Merica, where freedom of choice is alive and well!

Something else that scares me

Robdar

beksbks

Robdar

undercover

beksbks

VoidEater

sammielee24

Wal-Mart Family Values: Music=Bad. Guns=Good.

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beksbks

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