Wal Mart and Censorship

They won't sell CD's unless they can cut out the "bad" words from them.

Green Day lashes out at Wal-Mart policy - MSN Music News

 

All the flak they get for being a "predatory business" when this is actually a good reason to hate them. Fuck Wal-Mart! I love Greenday and if they can't just be satisfied with that little "parental advisory" sticker then I will be happy to see Wal-Mart collapse.

 

I'm not saying they should be forced to sell anything, it's a free market out there. They don't sell lots of crap I'm sure, but I don't shop there so I wouldn't really know. I'm just posting an article to see how people feel about this. To me it's no big deal, because if you want a CD, go to the mom and pop record stores that really need your business. My daughter and I love our local record store, we spend a long time just checking out
music in there, and hanging out.

 

Good for Walmart. They have the right to decide what they sell. They aren't telling the artists they can't record whatever they want. They're just maintaining their family-friendly status.

I think it's hilarious.

 

Aaah, but the artist should also have a right to say they can't sell it altered like that.

 

If memory serves, they were also the first to voluntarily implement that program at the beginning of its establishment.

Considering the adverse effect of the establishment of Wal-Marts on local wages, employment, and general economic affairs, "family-friendly" wouldn't be the first term to jump to mind. But then again, we all know how you feel about empirical evidence.

 

Tell that to someone who hasn't watched Wal Mart employ people who couldn't get a job otherwise...and provide wonderful opportunities to them for advancement, as well as affordable health care and job stability.

 

Beeping out words is altering it.