Posted on 02/01/2007 5:48:02 AM PST by driftdiver
I quit purchasing products from them, it doesn't matter to me any more.
"I quit purchasing products from them, it doesn't matter to me any more.'
There are millions of people that do. They built their business on a family friendly reputation and are now throwing that away. Guess the families pockets were too shallow.
Lee Scott is excited about the company's growth overseas, but hoping to improve things in stores here in the United States.
Could it be that struggling sales in the United States have something to do with these developments involving Wal-Mart and its involvement with gay and or liberal groups and causes.
Does it not strike anyone as very 'Talibanish' to ban books that one doesn't agree with on moral grounds?
Banning a book means not letting anyone sell it at the threat of physical force.
This is different calling upon them to stop selling it or lose your business.
Suppose they had copies of Hustler stationed at the entrance? Would it be "Talibanish" to call for them to remove those magazines?
There is a line somewhere in there between Talibanish, and responsible, and liberal.
I just searhed WalMart's site for "christian".
Result: Items 1-24 of 62468 total
Searh for "gay".
Result: Items 1-24 of 1327 total
If you choose to seek the bad in someone, you are almost always certain to find it.
Yep.
Yup. It would not be Talibanish to ask them to be moved where children couldn't reach them, but otherwise it is a legal product and it is up to Wal-Mart to choose to sell them or not.
There is a line somewhere in there between Talibanish, and responsible, and liberal.
Yup, and that line is usually drawn by our Legislature and our Courts. I'm not thrilled about that prospect any more than you are, but that's the system.
When will there be a call to ban Wal-Mart because they sell R-rated movies, or alcohol, or condoms, or birth control pills? Caution: Slipperly slope ahead.
Walmart is just a retailer trying to maximize profit. The best way to sell something to everyone is to have something for everyone. Unless they are sponsoring gay parades, or gay days shopping, then there's no agenda attached.
Caution! You are making far too much sense. :)
Take care,
CD
You make a good point. I remember when I was searching the net for the best price on the Holman New Testament Bible Commentary Series (a reletively obscure series) Wal-Mart had the boxed set for the best price I could find. I noted they also had a great selection on other Christian commentaries and other bible study works.
Good to see that Southern Baptists haven't lost their taste for banning books "for the children."
"Does it not strike anyone as very 'Talibanish' to ban books that one doesn't agree with on moral grounds?"
Wow now thats a stretch calling the Baptists 'Talibanish' because they object to pushing pro-homosexual material under the guise of being family friendly.
Walmart isn't a government. If they decide not to sell a book its not equal to banning the book.
"Could it be that struggling sales in the United States have something to do with these developments involving Wal-Mart and its involvement with gay and or liberal groups and causes."
Wal-mart is one of many large companies pandering to the gay lobby in an effort to increase sales to gay people.
Why is it 'Talibanish' for people who disagree with the gay agenda to express disagreement with Wal-Marts actions and to encourage people to take their $$ elsewhere?
"Wal-Mart is a legal entity. It has no opinions about anything. What the executives of Wal-Mart think of queers is of no consequence."
Sticking your head in the sand won't make the world go away.
They are a legal entity and they have official positions on many issues. Those positions involve the movement of millions of dollars.
"Unless they are sponsoring gay parades, or gay days shopping, then there's no agenda attached."
They've donated thousands of dollars to radical gay activist organizations.
That's the point, you have to LOOK for the books in question, they aren't at the checkout counter, they aren't even in the stores. They're on the web-shopping portal and come up if you SEARCH for them. Maybe Wal-Mart shouldnt sell tampons in their stores as many "well meaning" mothers have told their daughters that they aren't the proper thing to use. Maybe Wal-mart should be boycotted for selling wine in their stores. What about those nasty condoms and lubricants they sell in the "Family Planning" aisle. Not everyone in the US shares the same views that the 'protesters' and 'boycotters' share.
Do these busybodies have nothing better to do? You WILL NOT stumble across the books in question.
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