Wal-Mart blasted for display of SI's swimsuit edition

 

Morality in Media president Bob Peters says it's appalling that retail giant Wal-Mart continues to openly display the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue in its stores.

 

 

Recently Peters received a call from a concerned mother in North Carolina who said her seven-year-old daughter noticed that the model on front of the latest Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition was topless. The mother claims she alerted a Wal-Mart employee, who removed the magazines from the shelf. However, she says, the next day the store manager informed her the magazines were back on the rack because Sports Illustrated pays for a prime spot on Wal-Mart's magazine racks.
 
But Peters argues that Wal-Mart should be more responsible. He says that one does not have to make a judgment call about whether that issue of Sports Illustrated is pornographic. "[Y]ou just look at it; if the woman or the guy doesn't have enough clothes on, you don't openly display it," Peters contends.

 

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He also questions why Wal-Mart would find that issue of the magazine as acceptable. "[W]hat's the difference between pornography and genuine art," asks Peters. "And is anybody going to claim that the swimsuit edition is high art?"
 
According to the media watchdog, many state and local governments have laws governing the sale and display of items deemed harmful minors. And he states that this latest swimsuit edition demonstrates that many Americans are desensitized to what he says is "soft-core" porn.
 
Peters encourages concerned parents to contact Wal-Mart's international headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas, and ask company executives to either pull the Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition or display it behind blinders.

not a surprise when many corporations don't care anything except money

you have to give them pressure, like boycott, to get them back off (like Ford)

kmcheng said:

not a surprise when many corporations don't care anything except money

you have to give them pressure, like boycott, to get them back off (like Ford)

That's right. Walmart cares about only money.

That's why they went after a helpless former employee for every nickel she had and then some, hammer and tong.

That's why Walmart buys over 10 percent of China's consumer exports, putting thousands of American workers out of work.

If you're going to boycott Walmart, perhaps pick an issue that matters. In the context of Walmart's other social crimes, SI just does not qualify.

Wally World, Target, and other companies that sell a majority of imported goods do not get a PENNY of my money.  I will buy a product online and wait 3 days rather then buy something from these places.  So, bottom line,  who cares what they sell.  Don't go in there.  It is not worth the "lower" prices.  You end up paying more in state taxes for the wellfare benefits of  the employees of these companies, then if you just paid a little more for an item and bought it from a reputable store anyways.

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Arby, son, I never should say never, but I absolutely agree with you 100%.  Gee, hell just froze over didn't it?  In my opinion, WalMart is the cause for the outsourcing race.  And to top it, they are considered in the top 6 charitable organizations.  Mind you, if they wouldn't sell all these Chinese goods people would still have their well paying jobs, instead of needing charity.

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no to mention many people even do need "made in China' goods.