Is it me, or is Wal-Mart really the root of all that is evil?
In Maryland, someone is suing because Wal-Mart who sells only clean or censored music did not censor the Evanescence album/DVD "Anywhere But Home" and it contains -- hold your breath -- the f-word.
The lawsuit is demanding that Wal-Mart either censor the music or remove it completely, and that it pay $74,000 in damages to the thousands of people in Maryland that bought the music in Wal-Marts. (Wind-Up Records, Evanescence's record label, is also getting flack for not putting a Parental Advisory on the music.)
Personally, I'd like to see every parent that bought the damn CD without knowing who the artist was to get smacked really hard upside the back of their head. The information is too easily accessed to claim ignorance on potential for profanity in albums. If you're concerned enough (to the point where your morals, as clutched tightly to your breast as they may be, are worth $74,000) then you should to a little research. Be a ******* parent. Suddenly, it's the record company's job to watch your children. Talk about taking candy from strangers; you're letting strangers raise your children.
Just want to get everyone's opinions on this. Is censorship going too far? Is it necessary? Should record companies be held responsible for the lyrics? Should the artists? What about the parents who buy the music without investigating the artist/band?
quote:Originally posted by freedomordeath: But the use of language in your post, Karategirl28, is why so many parents end up suing. They think it is getting too common for kids to swear and curse.
well maybe because it it. swearing isn't offensive to kids today. those words are just regular words.
personally i think we should have a say with this censorship thing, because aren't the teenagers of today the majority that buy the music and movies with the "offensive" language. If we didn't want to hear that kind of stuff we wouldn't buy the cd with the explicit content or the PG13 for language movie. We don't need the censorship, the warnings are fin i think.
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Yes, freedom, this s unfortunatly true. Instead of taking responsibility for themselves and their own parenting skills, they put this off on the store where THEY bought the product from. Boy do we need tort reform. But that is a subject for another baord.
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But the use of language in your post, Karategirl28, is why so many parents end up suing. They think it is getting too common for kids to swear and curse.
Obviously, I am a huge supporter of Wal-Mart, but I don't think that one's feelings are relevant here. The issue is, should a store be sued based on what they sell. The answer is obviously no. A store should be allowed to sell whatever they want, if a person buys something there, then they knew what they were doing. Unless of course the store presented the product as something that it isn't, which may be the case here. Assuming that Wal-Mart did not say that this was a "clean" CD, then it is not their responsibility. I think that this is just another case of people not taking responsibility for their own actions. This is what leads to the frivolous lawsuits that are plaguing the country. People, and in this case parents, need to starting taking responsibility for THEMSELVES.
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My history teacher says that Wal*Mart is the root of all evil too.
In this case, suing the evil empire was not justified. They are just selling the CDs, they were not the ones who failed to put a warning on the back of them, the record companies did.
Besides, it is not like the parents really look at the labels (except of course, the fanatics, who need to get a grip on reality anyway).
It's not like their precious little angels don't hear worse on a regular basis from the other kids at school (or say worse themselves).
These parents are just sanctimonious idiots. It's not like they've never sworn before, and any one of them who says they haven't is lying.
Good God, the stupidity burns!
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Personally, I don't think that Wal-Mart is the spawn of all evil. Starbucks (Starsucks) is. But on the case of the censoring, even though it was a bad word, I don't think they should be sued. You cannot just go up to a huge corporation and just sue them for not censoring the "f word". It's completely rediculous.
Censorship should only be used of it's an nude scene on TV, if it's on a movie of course it's going to be a little okay, but the parents have to kick in on a situation like that. And at times it is necessary, I'm surprised that parents and the FCC are finally doing something about what influences the children these days.
Okay if the parents want to know what their children are listening to. It's fine. But if it does have bad words, you'd have to put yourself in a situation that the parent is in. Basically, the parent should just tell them to lower the child's music, or not listen to it when they are around the parent, but on a side note, to be completely honest. Some parents to not give a crap to what their children listen to. (I don't think I made myself clear, heh.)
I don't think I helped, meh. >.<
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i'm for censoring f--k s--t d--k etc but when you start censoring heat, murder, base just because or what it CAN mean it just gets out of hand tipper gore you SUCK!!!
quote:Originally posted by bauhaus: Im glad they got sued.
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While I find it easy to take the parents' sides, I think it is stupid that so many parents don't actually take notice of what their kids are doing, or listening to even. It's like the whole deal parents complaining that they won't be able to control their kids anymore. Total BS, unless anyone can really refute it.
I think that that suing Wal-mart because of lyrics is very stupid and immature act. It was just a couple of lyrics come on. There are alot of albums that have far worse lyrics then the ones on the Evanescene album/DVD. And no censership isn't going to far it's the people who are making it a big thing. If you know that their might be a couple of lyrics in an album that you might feel uncomfortable with thanthan don't by it. The person who probably sued was probably a person who just wanted money, and this would be a perfect exuse to get rich. This act also makes evanesence look bad, and people might think of them differently. Even though they are a great band.It's also not the record companys fault. Parents also need to investegate more on a singer/band before buying the album.
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