Another religious movie... The Golden Compass

[RougeUnderoos]

Comstockery

It's not really funny, but kind of. One thing I read said that part of "Comstock Law" had it that a book by a man and a book by a woman couldn't be displayed next to each other on bookshelves in stores. It was too suggestive of a man lying next to a woman.

As for Wal-Mart et cetera, I don't like it much, but what are you gonna do? It's their store. If I ran a bookstore I can think of a few books I might not want to carry.

[Azure]

Originally Posted by Winsor_Pilates

Like the Walmart example that Photon just posted or another example is US movie theatres banning Death of a President.

The US doesn't doesn't ban things as a nation, but many of it's biggest companies do and without much scrutiny.

In a country that is so proud of it's "freedom of speech" why is there no backlash against Walmart for acting like a censoring dictator?

Isn't it the companies freedom to ban those things though?

You certainly can't 'force' them to show something against their will.

[Winsor_Pilates]

Originally Posted by Azure

Isn't it the companies freedom to ban those things though?

You certainly can't 'force' them to show something against their will.

Yeah, I guess. I probably wouldn't want to sell everything either.
Just was wondering how people feel about it. I'm not saying it's necessarily good or bad.

[RougeUnderoos]

Originally Posted by Winsor_Pilates

Yeah, I guess. I probably wouldn't want to sell everything either.
Just was wondering how people feel about it. I'm not saying it's necessarily good or bad.

I remember when the Nirvana record "Heart Shaped Box" came out years ago. Wal-Mart refused to carry it due to some aspect of the packaging -- it had to do with baby dolls or something. Big whoop, you can buy a Nirvana record anywhere, right? True, but in some places Wal-Mart was the only place that sold records, so a few bumpkins couldn't get the record, so that was the complaint.

Nothing to really raise a stink over though. THey can stock whatever they want. It always seemed kind of silly to me that they sell semi-automatics, but a picture of a doll is offensive.

[Azure]

Originally Posted by Winsor_Pilates

Yeah, I guess. I probably wouldn't want to sell everything either.
Just was wondering how people feel about it. I'm not saying it's necessarily good or bad.

Like Rouge says, if you're the only place selling records, books, movies in a certain area..i.e. small towns such as Pincher Creek now getting Walmarts...it makes no sense to ban certain items.

That to me is a valid complaint...but one that wouldn't matter anyway. You can't force Walmart to carry certain stuff.

[Displaced Flames fan]

Originally Posted by Winsor_Pilates

Like the Walmart example that Photon just posted or another example is US movie theatres banning Death of a President.

The US doesn't doesn't ban things as a nation, but many of it's biggest companies do and without much scrutiny.

In a country that is so proud of it's "freedom of speech" why is there no backlash against Walmart for acting like a censoring dictator?

There is backlash against Wal-mart right now for treating their employees like shat.

No coincidence that they have posted their worst quarter in a decade.

There is always scrutiny if you're willing to look for it.