Wal-Mart censorship

**Toker** · 05-22-09, 03:03 PM

That's why GreenDay wont sell any their latest thru WalMart. They told them to censor it and Greenday said NO thanks, this isnt 1953.

**DonVitoJr** · 05-22-09, 03:11 PM

If wal-mart does this and other stores follow, I'm screwed. That means i can't buy Lamb of God CD's anymore. I find it outrageous, isn't this why they have those warnings on the cover anyways?

Compare it to the ESRB ratings, if GameStop doesn't allow certain ratings like T or M even AO, then that means less customers and the amount of money they take in will go down a large percent. Wal-mart is trying their best to keep us buying cheap "Made in China" products. I can see an epic problem with this idea.

**Blakeman** · 05-22-09, 03:13 PM

Originally Posted by DonVitoJr

I can see an epic problem with this idea.

Epic in that it has been happening for years now?

**DJ Ms. White** · 05-22-09, 04:21 PM

All it used to be was taking the beautiful scantily clad women in CD slips and photoshopping bathing suits on them, but full on censoring? Yeesh. Their store, their decision though. They don't have to sell the CDs or any other product if they don't want to do so.

**Blakeman** · 05-22-09, 04:30 PM

Originally Posted by GM Mr. White

All it used to be was taking the beautiful scantily clad women in CD slips and photoshopping bathing suits on them, but full on censoring? Yeesh. Their store, their decision though. They don't have to sell the CDs or any other product if they don't want to do so.

The problem is when they are the major CD sales place in your area. Many places do not have any other options, so the artist will sell more CDs with a Wal Mart contract. This makes it kind of a 'if you don't conform to our wishes you will fail' attitude by wal mart. Look at what they did to rubbermaid.

**brinkwolf** · 05-22-09, 04:33 PM

Originally Posted by GM Mr. White

All it used to be was taking the beautiful scantily clad women in CD slips and photoshopping bathing suits on them, but full on censoring? Yeesh. Their store, their decision though. They don't have to sell the CDs or any other product if they don't want to do so.

Very true, it's hard enough to sell your products to them. They have a very stringent buying program.

**DJ Ms. White** · 05-22-09, 04:33 PM

Interwebz. If I don't get something from the radio station (it hath spolied me greatly), I use iTunes and some other specialty places for rare albums.

**~~hawgballs~~** · 05-22-09, 05:09 PM

I'm lucky enough to be in a great city that offers diversity as far as options as to wherer I want to spend my money. Reckless Records is a stone's throw away from me, it's a used record and CD shop and has anything you want. It isa independently owned and I support them every chance I get. I feel for those that have nowhere else to turn to but Wal-Mart. I consider myself very lucky in that matter. It's sad that the "Ma and Pa" stores that used to provide for your community has been shoved out of the way by a Big Box store that will tell you what to buy and how you are going to buy it.

**DancingCorpse** · 05-22-09, 05:13 PM

Kind of off topic, but Wal-Mart is complete bullshit with everything.

Here the Wal-Mart sold all the Vegetarian stuff you could find around in other stores around town and now that they put a bunch of those businesses out of business they stopped carrying vegetarian products (i.e. boca, fake meats), pissed the people off in my household a whole bunch since my parents are vegetarian.