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By: Jack

Jack — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:47:41 +0000

Don’t take your kid there. It’s that simple. Don’t like it? Tough.

The world cannot be wrapped in foam padded, have all the sharp corners removed and be limited to words and images appropriate for a three year old just because you’ve got kids.

I’ve raised three kids–and sometimes I’ve had to explain things to them–just like my parents did and their parents before them. It is not societys’ place to act in loco parentis for you.

The world is made for adults. Being children for a short time is how we get there. The things you want to avoid explaining won’t disappear because you leave off ‘made a porno’. You’re going to have to explain them eventually.

I think this mandate for a G-rated world is having repercussions. I think that this attempt to keep children from seeing any of the adult world leaves them unprepared for what comes after the padding comes off–and worse, I think it leaves them eager for and susceptible to the temptations of the ‘forbidden’ adult world.

That being said, Wal-Mart did nothing wrong legally. And it probably won’t hurt the movie in the least to have the film that everyone’s calling ‘Zack and Miri’ labelled ‘Zack and Miri’.

By: Jim Murray

Jim Murray — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:24:49 +0000

EPorvaznik – That’s what made the whole thing stick in my mind….not like the Blade at all. And….I don’t think its possible to be away from NW Ohio for too long, particularly if you are conservative.

By: Synova

Synova — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:10:32 +0000

The argument that parents are responsible for protecting their children by not taking them to public places assumes that children are not people and do not have the right to access to the village commons.

Children are citizens with special needs due to their age and development. It is in everyone’s interest to support a standard of public decency in order to support parent’s efforts to raise well adjusted children. It’s a response to a developmental reality. Children are, by definition, impressionable. By definition they do not have the maturity to deal with those things adults understand.

Would we scoff and say not to fuss about a lack of ramps on public sidewalks, just stay home? That if someone isn’t prepared to do the extra bit necessary to lift wheelchair wheels over the curb, that the handicapped don’t actually have a *right* to be in the public square? Of course we wouldn’t.

Children have a right to be in our public spaces every bit as much as any adult has a right to be there. They have a right to have their particular developmental needs accommodated.

By: marc

marc — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 20:59:42 +0000

WISDOM, “If you are concerned about what your child is going to see in the movie aisle, don’t take him there” is an utterly moronic comment. Are we not supposed to take children out of the house? Is the grocery aisle at Kroger no longer safe? Show a little respect and a little common sense.

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By: Wisdom

Wisdom — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 19:28:09 +0000

My son learned the word “pornography” in the fourth grade from a program called “latch key kids”. As all the kids participated in the class during previous years, and the program had never included lessons on the differences between “child pornography” and “adult pornography” on the internet, parents hadn’t thought twice about allowing our kids to attend the program again. The principal was as angry as we were when we brought it to his attention, since the teacher never bothered to inform him of the curriculum change.

The reality is, it is our job to both protect and educate our children, not Wal-Mart’s. If you are concerned about what your child is going to see in the movie aisle, don’t take him there. If you’re concerned because it is something that you can’t stop him from seeing, be a parent and explain it to him first.

By: Lost My Cookies

Lost My Cookies — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 18:06:38 +0000

I’m pretty sure the only reason Wal-Mart wants the name changed is to avoid the complaints they’ll get from an extremely vocal minority of shoppers. It costs money to answer the phones and send apologetic letters and gift cards to the perpetually pissed off. Money they probably won’t make back selling a DVD that’ll be in the big “Movies for $5″ in less than a year. If they can avoid the issue by throwing some weight around up front they should.

By: Dee

Dee — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 16:09:42 +0000

Stickwick Stapers-

Oh gosh, you are so funny! Thank you for the Monday morning laugh.

It is WalMart’s store. What they chose to sale is their choice. Not anyone elses. And it certainly isn’t censorship. And mostly this is a nonissue.