I would like to point out something that seems to have been glazed over. Whether or not Wal-Mart has a legal standing to shutdown this site is debatable. I would like to think that the site, regardless of what graphics he used, was a true parody. But I'm not a lawyer and I won't speak or debate on the matter.
Regardless of the law, it still isn't right. When a corporation is allowed to bully someone into a situation without any hearing on the matter, legality makes no difference.
Just my 2 cents but this is not a question of law, rather a question on how we allow the government to be run through the creation of those laws. If we feel that this is wrong, then it is our task as citizens to make it wrong. Those politicians and judges work for us, not Wal-Mart! We need to remind them of that fact. Through parady, votes, news, or anything else we can get our hands on.
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I would like to point out something that seems to have been glazed over. Whether or not Wal-Mart has a legal standing to shutdown this site is debatable. I would like to think that the site, regardless of what graphics he used, was a true parody. But I'm not a lawyer and I won't speak or debate on the matter. Regardless of the law, it still isn't right. When a corporation is allowed to bully someone into a situation without any hearing on the matter, legality makes no difference. Just my 2 cents but this is not a question of law, rather a question on how we allow the government to be run through the creation of those laws. If we feel that this is wrong, then it is our task as citizens to make it wrong. Those politicians and judges work for us, not Wal-Mart! We need to remind them of that fact. Through parady, votes, news, or anything else we can get our hands on.