Friday, August 14, 2009

Sick & Tired

I am so sick and damn tired of hearing about Michael Jackson! Seriously, I've had it. To add insult to injury I go into Walmart a couple of days ago and right there, as soon as you walk through the doors there's a rack with Michael Jackson tshirts hanging on it. WTF? About a decade (or longer) ago Walmart stated that they would NOT sell the music of Marilyn Manson because, apparently, Walmart didn't like his religion. (And if you ask me, I think some of his popularity grew because he was such a controversy, but I digress + he's AWESOME!). So, here's Walmart, with their "upstanding morals" refusing to sell the music of Marilyn Manson, but they're totally fine with selling merchandise of an accused child molestor? Are you kidding me? I wonder if Marilyn Manson died tomorrow (Goddess forbid!) if Walmart would retract their "morals" and decided to cash in on the death of a human being?
If Michael Jackson had been convicted of the crime he'd been accused of committing would Walmart still be making a profit from his death? Would it matter? Would those children whose lives had been affected (ruined, hurt, shattered) matter to a company with such upstanding morals? Exactly whose morals are they trying to pretend to defend, here?
Hey, Walmart, try this on for size: Don't cut off the nose to spite the face. You either have morals, or you don't. And don't try to sell people the idea that your refusal to sell music created by (the AWESOME) Marilyn Manson had anything to do about "morals", because the SMART people know exactly why you did it. At the time of the announcement, Walmart was predominately in the southern states, which holds the bible belt. Walmart just didn't want to lose half of the redneck shoppers, plain and simple. In the mean time, you really need to train your employees in customer service!

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