Walmart Finds "Daily Show" Book too RACY!!!

haha....


By AVA THOMAS BENSON, Associated Press Writer

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Wal-Mart canceled an order for a best-selling book by Jon Stewart and the writers of "The Daily Show" after executives learned that it contained a photo of nine naked, aged bodies, each with the superimposed head of a Supreme Court justice.

"America (The Book)," a mock school text that lampoons the American government in much the same way the Comedy Central show spoofs the news, includes cutouts of the justices' robes and a caption asking readers to "restore their dignity by matching each justice with his or her respective robe."

Executives for the Bentonville-based retail giant deemed the book inappropriate for its shelves this week.

"We were not aware of the image that was in the book (when Wal-Mart ordered it) and we felt the majority of our customers would not be comfortable with it," said Wal-Mart Stores Inc. spokeswoman Karen Burk. "We offer what we think our customers want to buy. That just makes good business sense."

Jamie Raab, a publisher for Warner Books, which produced "America," said the naked justice joke fits perfectly with the book's theme.

"It's not gratuitous and it's very much in tune with the rest of the book," Raab said. "It's funny, yet to the point. When you undress the Supreme Court justices, they're just men and women and you have to judge them on who they are and what they do. It makes you look and think and laugh."

Raab said she doesn't fault Wal-Mart for its decision, but added that she didn't see the point in banning something that isn't intentionally sexually explicit.

Wal-Mart has a well-known policy of refusing to carry magazines with racy covers or CDs with explicit lyrics.

The chain is offering the book on its Web site. Burk said the store's online customers are a "different audience" and that the company wanted to give an option to people looking to buy the book from Wal-Mart.

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Thats the real hipocracy in Wal-Mart...I could go on and on about censroship, but if they don't want to sell something for moral reasons they shouldn't have to..but to not sell if in the open, but keep it 'behind the counter' (by placing it on a web site only) they are being biggots.

 

WHAT! Business has a conscience!?!

 

No. Just a political motive.

 

Fappage material right there.

 

Wal-Mart doesn't have morals, they deffiently have a political agenda. Regardless of whether or not they are being bigots, which IMO they deffiently are, Wal-Mart is one of the most evil corporations out there. It doesn't surprise me they're doing something shadey like this. Not like I would spend my money there anyways but at least I know I'm going somewhere else for a copy of that book. Jon Stewart's hilarious.

 

yeah seriously, look at all of wal-mart's worker violations and how they treat their 3rd world factory workers and tell me with a straight face that they have morals...

Peace and Love,
Dan

 

In all honesty, the pictures are pretty gross. Two words- flabby-genitals

 

who the fuck would want to shop at walmart anyways?

 

Yes, they are rather non-pleasent.

They still do offer the book on their website though.

 

They dissed Walmart on the "Daily Show" the other day. I guess they are fair game now

 

wal-mart is rather evil. constantly they are trying to censor everything and make the entire country and eventually the world "sam's way."

 

what hypocracy! they sell teen magazines with half dressed girls and guys but wont carry a book? another reason why i hate walmart

 

What kills me is they will sell movies with nudity, violence...etc but you can't buy an Eminem CD that isn't edited. FUCK YOU WALMART!

 

Walmart - Where child labor is OK, but god damn, don't show us any genitalia!!
That's just WRONG