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Originally Posted by Thomas Anderson
What happened to the big freedom of speech thing Americans always boast?
Obviously a store has the right to choose what it sells but it won't do itself any favours by not selling something that lots of people would buy, it's just losing money
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Oh no - they are not losing money. They are one of this country's leading retailers and they are still growing. They also do the same thing with books and movies - and they buy in such quantities that they have a lot of clout. Universal is willing to change things to make them happy.
America has become a place of "freedom of speech" at your own risk. Everyone seems to want the government to protect them from everything - even themselves. MTV and vh1 bleeped Live 8 for inappropriate language - your BBC (at least the stuff that I saw) did not.
I personally have never set foot in a Wal Mart and I never intend to. I despise censorship in any form.
Sorry for the rant - Wal Mart just pushes my buttons.
Kathleen