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Wal-Mart Sues 'Wal-ocaust' T-Shirt Seller
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060412/ap_on_bi_ge/wal_mart_lawsuit_2 ^

Posted on 04/12/2006 9:20:21 PM PDT by Deek1969

ATLANTA - Wal-Mart has filed a federal lawsuit over a warped version of its logo appearing on T-shirts and on a Web site with the word "Wal-ocaust" in blue over an Iron Eagle clutching a yellow smiley face.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: lawsuit; libertarians; poortaste; tshirt; unions; walmart
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1 posted on 04/12/2006 9:20:22 PM PDT by Deek1969
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Funny, Target and Cosco have similar business models, yet....

nary a peep from the moonbats on the left.


3 posted on 04/12/2006 9:22:12 PM PDT by A Balrog of Morgoth (With fire, sword, and stinging whip I drive the RINOs in terror before me.)
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Smith acknowledges the logo is tasteless, but he and his attorneys, part of Ralph Nader's Public Citizen Litigation Group, consider this a free speech battle.

Well, that about says it all. I hope Wally wins.

4 posted on 04/12/2006 9:22:49 PM PDT by Lurking in Kansas (Nothing witty hereā€¦ move on.)
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5 posted on 04/12/2006 9:23:29 PM PDT by Petronski (I love Cyborg!)
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I know it was a tragic event, but kind of humerous. I thought this is a fair rights issue, since it's obviously a parody?


7 posted on 04/12/2006 9:23:35 PM PDT by Rick_Michael
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from the article: When Wal-Mart Stores Inc. found out, it requested a cease-and-desist order, calling the phrase and logo tasteless. Smith responded with a federal lawsuit in March asking a judge to decide if he can continue.

Tastelessness is now actionable?

8 posted on 04/12/2006 9:23:54 PM PDT by Bubbatuck
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Smith acknowledges the logo is tasteless, but he and his attorneys, part of Ralph Nader's Public Citizen Litigation Group, consider this a free speech battle.

Wal-Mart will grind them into bankruptcy.

9 posted on 04/12/2006 9:24:32 PM PDT by sinkspur (Things are about to happen that will answer all your questions and solve all your problems.)
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To: A Balrog of Morgoth

Well those guys are nowhere near enough big to be counted as true 'evil' corporations. They're lesser, or, semi-evil corporations. You're not truly eeeevil unless your market cap is over 100B.


10 posted on 04/12/2006 9:24:43 PM PDT by farlander (Strategery - sure beats liberalism!)
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To: Rick_Michael

I'm referring to the name, not the concept.


11 posted on 04/12/2006 9:24:48 PM PDT by Rick_Michael
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To: Deek1969
Wonder if he would like to talk with some people that were in the Holocaust, maybe he wouldn't think it to funny then.
12 posted on 04/12/2006 9:49:51 PM PDT by Echo Talon
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I wonder what Wal-Mart's lawyers think of Wal-Martopia, a musical about the store (decent music, performed well, but the text of the show is counterfactual propaganda; Act 1 was dreary, but Act 2 was at least amusing)
13 posted on 04/12/2006 9:50:18 PM PDT by supercat (Sony delenda est.)
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"Poor taste is nothing compared to immorality," Smith, 48, of suburban Conyers, wrote on his Web site

Is it not immoral to mock victims of the Holocaust, comparing that to Wallmart?

14 posted on 04/12/2006 9:51:50 PM PDT by Echo Talon
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I hope this guy loses that is a nazi eagle with a smiley face on it! Jewish people will be livid i bet!


15 posted on 04/12/2006 9:52:54 PM PDT by Echo Talon
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To: Deek1969
Talking about Nazis gets liberals aroused. I meant they leave a wet spot.

Too bad Evan Braun is dead. If she could run, Hillary would lose the Democrat Presidential Primary.

16 posted on 04/12/2006 10:01:53 PM PDT by Doctor Raoul (CODE PINK has blood on their hands and they can never, never wash it off)
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Wow! Whoever came up with the idea of this Walocaust crap has to have a max I.Q. of at least 3. We're talking a real rocket scientist here.


17 posted on 04/12/2006 10:06:10 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Defend America's Freedom and Sovereignty. Pick your own lettuce and strawberries.)
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This reminds me, time to run to Walmart and buy senseless amounts of .40 SW


18 posted on 04/12/2006 10:09:53 PM PDT by ottersnot ("Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice, moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.")
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Yeah! Evidently ammo is 20% off!


19 posted on 04/12/2006 10:20:32 PM PDT by BostonianRightist (I probably haven't read the entire article, or checked my html.)
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This reminds me, time to run to Walmart and buy senseless amounts of .40 SW


Classic..


20 posted on 04/12/2006 10:22:11 PM PDT by lndrvr1972
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