From: owner-angry-psychos-digest@smoe.org (angry-psychos-digest) To: angry-psychos-digest@smoe.org Subject: angry-psychos-digest V4 #180 Reply-To: angry-psychos@smoe.org Sender: owner-angry-psychos-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-angry-psychos-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk X-To-Unsubscribe: Send mail to "angry-psychos-digest-request@smoe.org" X-To-Unsubscribe: with "unsubscribe" as the body. angry-psychos-digest Sunday, July 18 1999 Volume 04 : Number 180 Today's Subjects: ----------------- npr:walmart calamities and other such things [XAVIER231@aol.com] Re: npr:walmart calamities and other such things [Cyberfan Corporation ] Re: npr:walmart calamities and other such things [CrzyDimund@aol.com] Re: npr:walmart calamities and other such things [Madsilvrfx@aol.com] NPR: Urgent; Re: Walmart, Swine, Slavery [Xeno55@aol.com] Re: NPR: Urgent; Re: Walmart, Swine, Slavery [Pryncess Twinkle ] Re: NPR: Bloddy Spammers ["Coleman Jeremiah L." ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1999 01:51:23 EDT From: XAVIER231@aol.com Subject: npr:walmart calamities and other such things In a message dated 7/16/99 11:38:10 AM Pacific Daylight Time, mystery@MNSi.Net writes: i usually dont indulge myself in debates on here but i think this one is worth while. the "censorship" of walmart on cd covers and other such things i think is an honest move on their part. i am in no way in support of censorship of any kind but i think walmarts agenda here is not to censor anything from the public but to uphold a reputation that aids their buisiness. they in no way prevent people from seeing or hearing the original versions intended by the artist at other stores, but just want a modified version to jive with their "store morals", just as radio stations often play edited versions to jive with their "radio no curse morals". walmart in no way has ever launched anti- artist campains (with the exception of marilyn manson and icp i guess) but does, i think, have every right to control what images represent them on their own shelves. now i understand that walmart doesnt deal directly with the artists on such matters, but the artist, im sure, understands the consequences of signing a record deal with a company that does buisiness with walmart. and i also think that under the circumstances of either not having their records on walmarts shelves and losing record sales or swallowing the infringement on their artistic licence, they'd gladly change a few things around. maybe i dont know what the hell im talking about, i dunno. tell me what you guys think about this << Walmart often carries edited versions of albums, with different artwork and/or contents.. apparently, the god's at Walmart feel they can determine what is suitable for you and I and everyone else to look at.. >> In a message dated 7/16/99 11:38:10 AM Pacific Daylight Time, mystery@MNSi.Net writes: << Walmart often carries edited versions of albums, with different artwork and/or contents.. apparently, the god's at Walmart feel they can determine what is suitable for you and I and everyone else to look at.. >> ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1999 09:50:59 +0000 (GMT) From: Cyberfan Corporation Subject: Re: npr:walmart calamities and other such things Wal-Mart is the Microsoft of the rural community. JK/// Jarrod Kniff President - Cyberfan Corporation elpresidente@cyberfan.com Call/Email for Details - http://home.cyberfan.com - Web Development - Merchandise - Fanbase Management - Phone: 602-867-0007 World Wide FAX: 707-222-1168 - On Sat, 17 Jul 1999 XAVIER231@aol.com wrote: > > In a message dated 7/16/99 11:38:10 AM Pacific Daylight Time, > mystery@MNSi.Net writes: > > > > i usually dont indulge myself in debates on here but i think this one is > worth while. the "censorship" of walmart on cd covers and other such things > i think is an honest move on their part. i am in no way in support of > censorship of any kind but i think walmarts agenda here is not to censor > anything from the public but to uphold a reputation that aids their > buisiness. they in no way prevent people from seeing or hearing the original > versions intended by the artist at other stores, but just want a modified > version to jive with their "store morals", just as radio stations often play > edited versions to jive with their "radio no curse morals". walmart in no > way has ever launched anti- artist campains (with the exception of marilyn > manson and icp i guess) but does, i think, have every right to control what > images represent them on their own shelves. now i understand that walmart > doesnt deal directly with the artists on such matters, but the artist, im > sure, understands the consequences of signing a record deal with a company > that does buisiness with walmart. and i also think that under the > circumstances of either not having their records on walmarts shelves and > losing record sales or swallowing the infringement on their artistic licence, > they'd gladly change a few things around. maybe i dont know what the hell im > talking about, i dunno. tell me what you guys think about this > << Walmart often carries edited versions of albums, with different artwork > and/or contents.. apparently, the god's at Walmart feel they can determine > what is suitable for you and I and everyone else to look at.. > >> > > In a message dated 7/16/99 11:38:10 AM Pacific Daylight Time, > mystery@MNSi.Net writes: > > << Walmart often carries edited versions of albums, with different artwork > and/or contents.. apparently, the god's at Walmart feel they can determine > what is suitable for you and I and everyone else to look at.. > >> > > > > ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1999 11:19:05 PDT From: "Red Alcoholic Clown" Subject: Re: npr:walmart calamities and other such things i'm sorry to start an argument here and now but i must say that walmart does indeed suck and it's not really have anything to do w/ cds. this is a chain that sells guns to underage children while simultaneously denying them emergency contraceptive, the latter of which is itself dragging down society. what i'm specifically referring to is i believe their decision not to carry the morning after pill in their pharmacy. obviously i've been brainwashed by loveline, and i take this issue to heart. whether walmart censors some fool's album is beside the question, it's their questionable decisions that make them cancerous. and the whole place is ugly. don't shop there. go to target or costco/price club. use the internet for ur music pleasures. >i usually dont indulge myself in debates on here but i think this one is >worth while. the "censorship" of walmart on cd covers and other such >things >i think is an honest move on their part. i am in no way in support of >censorship of any kind but i think walmarts agenda here is not to censor >anything from the public but to uphold a reputation that aids their >buisiness. they in no way prevent people from seeing or hearing the >original >versions intended by the artist at other stores, but just want a modified >version to jive with their "store morals", just as radio stations often >play >edited versions to jive with their "radio no curse morals". walmart in >no >way has ever launched anti- artist campains (with the exception of marilyn >manson and icp i guess) but does, i think, have every right to control what >images represent them on their own shelves. now i understand that walmart >doesnt deal directly with the artists on such matters, but the artist, im >sure, understands the consequences of signing a record deal with a company >that does buisiness with walmart. and i also think that under the >circumstances of either not having their records on walmarts shelves and >losing record sales or swallowing the infringement on their artistic >licence, >they'd gladly change a few things around. maybe i dont know what the hell >im >talking about, i dunno. tell me what you guys think about this ** Red Alcoholic Clown. If you like elitist opinions and lots of arbitrary lists and an ugly page layout, go to http://members.tripod.com/~Mettic/front.html Allow me to share my genius: "The Great Man is without fear of 'opinion'; he lacks the virtues that accompany 'respectability.' There is a solitude within him that is inaccessible to praise or blame." - Nietzsche, "Will to Power" "In dreaming, the clouds methought would open and show me riches ready to drop upon me, that, when I waked, I cried to dream again." - "The Tempest" III.ii.135-138 _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1999 11:54:43 PDT From: "Brandon Tommila" Subject: KPR: Aww, do I hafta?? Sorry to bring this up on the list, but I just have to ask a question, and I haven't the slightest who I would ask.....Yesterday I downloaded Poe's "Control" off Poe.org ( I believe) and it said I have to delete it in 24 hours.....My question is: Do I really have to???? Its the first new material of Poe I've heard in like........well, ever since I got the album.....Please say No, Please say No... Brandon It can't rain all the time (Brandon Lee , THE CROW) You f*ckers think just because a guy reads comics he can't start some sh*t!?(Brodie, MALLRATS) People say crazy shit during sex. One time I called this girl "Mom"(Randal, CLERKS) _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1999 16:05:17 EDT From: CrzyDimund@aol.com Subject: Re: npr:walmart calamities and other such things Just my thoughts about Wal-Mart:::: Living in a terribly rural area such as I do, it's quite a drive to the local mall. About an hour to be exact, and they only have like 3 good stores. CD's at National Record Mart cost anywhere from $15.99 - $17.99 and sometimes even $18.99 for new releases!! Pretty pathetic huh? Well Wal-Mart sells cd's around here for like $12.99 and I know that's not much money saved but when you've got student loans to pay off and all that junk, it helps! Plus it's like ten miles closer to me :) Anyways, so what if they censor artwork/titles? Usually the music itself is all the same right? My In Utero cd reads "waif me" instead of "rape me" but it is the exact same song as the mall cd. And further, I work at Wal-Mart, so this is all a pretty shameless plug, but oh well. Happy days to you! ~*EL ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1999 19:55:38 EDT From: Madsilvrfx@aol.com Subject: Re: npr:walmart calamities and other such things rock on wal-mart shoppers! :) ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1999 21:05:57 EDT From: Xeno55@aol.com Subject: NPR: Urgent; Re: Walmart, Swine, Slavery Dear Citizens: Walmart is for swine any way you want to slice it. It's the sugar block for America's lowest quality citizens. They flock there in masses for the artificial and packaged garbage by way of exploited, uneducated swine. The same people who shop at Walmart are also bound by chains which clearly say on them, "Sam's Choice." The fact that Walmart continues to diversify merely proves the point. Big Business wants to become Big Brother. Walmart would love to serve all your needs, give you great prices, and suck any thought you might have directly out of your head. There's a reason that Walmart makes their own brand of garbage. The plan is to replace the name brand goods with Walmart brand. And will you people be satisfied with one brand of soda? Or perhaps one brand of tire? Maybe even only one magazine for everyone? (No specialization anymore, no more Midget Monthly, no more Vampire Lesbians Journal) You're goddamned right you will be. Because you people walk softly into whatever trap corporate America makes for you. Here's a little story for you. Sam Walmart arrived in a town and saw a small mom and pop operation which had been selling groceries to the town for generations. Sam went into the store and said hello to the old couple tending to the register. Sam then went and found a pay phone. Within moments his squad of hired goons abducted the old couple, torched their business, and began construction of a giant complex so large that it would dwarf the nearby mountains (in this case The Rockys). At the opening of the newest member in the Walmart Chain the old couple was executed in front of the cheering masses by quartering. There are those of you who will say to me, "But they've got low prices." I'm sure they do have low prices but they kill competition. Believe me, this is only the first step. Early in the next millenium, this country will erupt in what Tom Brokaw will dub, The Chain Wars. Raiders from Burger King will slit the throat of Ronald McDonald. The guns that Walmart gets such good press for selling to all of this country's juvenile delinquents will be employed to wipe out the K-Mart army. And any remaining K-Mart stores will be looted for goods and then blown to hell with some Sam's Choice Fertilizer ($19.99). Vietnam will be considered an honorable war in comparison. At least the youth of this country who survived got benefits and a retirement package. All Sam's Soldiers© will be receiving is $5.25 an hour. But after the dust clears and everything is settled Walmart will emerge victorious. The cryogenically frozen head of Sam Walmart will be thawed out and He will again rule. Walmart is a great supplier of jobs, as any politician will tell you, but they supply jobs which require no education. In fact, this is the future of America. Technical industry is going downhill. Time will soon make a college education a hinderance. Walmart does not want people who may be counterproductive. They want their meat for the grinder to be silly children, fresh out of high school or better yet still in high school. The disbandment of labor unions by The Walmart Congress in the coming years will be yet another step. Have fun with your One State. Enjoy Big Brother Sam. I bought my pretty new rifle from the fine boys at Walmart. You can find me hiding out deep in the mountains. And if you do, I'll blow your goddamned head off. -Xeno ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1999 21:16:12 -0400 (EDT) From: Pryncess Twinkle Subject: Re: NPR: Urgent; Re: Walmart, Swine, Slavery damn xeno i missed you :) *laughs* thanks, i needed this :) *awaiting someone to take offense and start a flame war and then we can all laugh at the idiot who takes themself too seriously and enjoy the entertainment they create* ~noelle - --- Xeno55@aol.com wrote: > > Dear Citizens: > > Walmart is for swine any way you want to slice it. > It's the sugar > block for America's lowest quality citizens. They > flock there in masses for > the artificial and packaged garbage by way of > exploited, uneducated swine. > The same people who shop at Walmart are also bound > by chains which clearly > say on them, "Sam's Choice." The fact that Walmart > continues to diversify > merely proves the point. Big Business wants to > become Big Brother. Walmart > would love to serve all your needs, give you great > prices, and suck any > thought you might have directly out of your head. > There's a reason that > Walmart makes their own brand of garbage. The plan > is to replace the name > brand goods with Walmart brand. And will you people > be satisfied with one > brand of soda? Or perhaps one brand of tire? Maybe > even only one magazine for > everyone? (No specialization anymore, no more Midget > Monthly, no more Vampire > Lesbians Journal) You're goddamned right you will > be. Because you people walk > softly into whatever trap corporate America makes > for you. > > Here's a little story for you. Sam Walmart arrived > in a town and saw > a small mom and pop operation which had been selling > groceries to the town > for generations. Sam went into the store and said > hello to the old couple > tending to the register. Sam then went and found a > pay phone. Within moments > his squad of hired goons abducted the old couple, > torched their business, and > began construction of a giant complex so large that > it would dwarf the nearby > mountains (in this case The Rockys). At the opening > of the newest member in > the Walmart Chain the old couple was executed in > front of the cheering masses > by quartering. > > There are those of you who will say to me, "But > they've got low > prices." I'm sure they do have low prices but they > kill competition. Believe > me, this is only the first step. Early in the next > millenium, this country > will erupt in what Tom Brokaw will dub, The Chain > Wars. Raiders from Burger > King will slit the throat of Ronald McDonald. The > guns that Walmart gets such > good press for selling to all of this country's > juvenile delinquents will be > employed to wipe out the K-Mart army. And any > remaining K-Mart stores will be > looted for goods and then blown to hell with some > Sam's Choice Fertilizer > ($19.99). Vietnam will be considered an honorable > war in comparison. At least > the youth of this country who survived got benefits > and a retirement package. > All Sam's Soldiers© will be receiving is $5.25 an > hour. But after the dust > clears and everything is settled Walmart will emerge > victorious. The > cryogenically frozen head of Sam Walmart will be > thawed out and He will again > rule. > > Walmart is a great supplier of jobs, as any > politician will tell you, > but they supply jobs which require no education. In > fact, this is the future > of America. Technical industry is going downhill. > Time will soon make a > college education a hinderance. Walmart does not > want people who may be > counterproductive. They want their meat for the > grinder to be silly children, > fresh out of high school or better yet still in high > school. The disbandment > of labor unions by The Walmart Congress in the > coming years will be yet > another step. Have fun with your One State. Enjoy > Big Brother Sam. > > I bought my pretty new rifle from the fine boys at > Walmart. You can > find me hiding out deep in the mountains. And if you > do, I'll blow your > goddamned head off. > > > > -Xeno > _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1999 21:33:10 EDT From: Xeno55@aol.com Subject: Re: NPR: Urgent; Re: Walmart, Swine, Slavery In a message dated 7/17/99 10:17:51 PM Atlantic Daylight Time, pryncess_twinkle@yahoo.com writes: > *laughs* thanks, i needed this :) hmm...somebody wants Xeno's love wand.... -Xeno ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1999 21:37:03 -0400 (EDT) From: Pryncess Twinkle Subject: Re: NPR: Urgent; Re: Walmart, Swine, Slavery no thanks, i already had jeremy's today. *giggles maniacally* - --- Xeno55@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 7/17/99 10:17:51 PM Atlantic > Daylight Time, > pryncess_twinkle@yahoo.com writes: > > > *laughs* thanks, i needed this :) > > > hmm...somebody wants Xeno's love wand.... > > > > -Xeno > _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 13:43:50 +1000 From: Alexandra Horwood Subject: Re: NPR: Bloddy Spammers >Pardon me, but what the hell is a SPAM? Ive never heard of such a thing and >I havent received one so Im just a little curious. well.....Later! Spam is basically unwanted email... it can consist of advertising, chain mails, "if you send this email to 5 million people, your girlfriend and her 2 best friends will go down on you/bill gates will send you a free computer/disney will send you to florida", etc. People send them for a variety of reasons, either to forward information about a product or something, or else to just really really annoy others. The name comes from a Monty Python skit, where the menu is "egg, bacon and spam; baked beans, toast and spam; spam, spam and bacon; spam, spam, spam and spam;" etc etc etc. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ . . a l e xh o r w o o d student @ unsw:sydney:australia . science [computer science/psychology] "Begin at the beginning," the King said gravely, "and go on until . you reach the end: then stop." . - Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1999 22:59:41 -0500 From: "Coleman Jeremiah L." Subject: Re: NPR: Bloddy Spammers At 01:43 PM 7/18/99 +1000, Alexandra Horwood wrote: >Spam is basically unwanted email... it can consist of advertising, chain >mails, "if you send this email to 5 million people, your girlfriend and her >2 best friends will go down on you/bill gates will send you a free >computer/disney will send you to florida", etc. People send them for a >variety of reasons, either to forward information about a product or >something, or else to just really really annoy others. BTW, some of us receive ENORMOUS amounts of this garbage. For example, when I was a sysadmin, I received an average of 20-50 spam emails a DAY. Thankfully, since I've changed accounts, and take very good care as to where my real email address shows up, I'm down to 2 or 3 a week... This might give you a good idea why some people hate spam with such a passion. >The name comes from a Monty Python skit, where the menu is "egg, bacon and >spam; baked beans, toast and spam; spam, spam and bacon; spam, spam, spam >and spam;" etc etc etc. I think I still have a wave file of that somewhere if you happen to want it :) Jay --------------------------------------------------------------- | Jeremiah Coleman ICQ#-1705655 ranger@1stnet.com | | "We'll fight, not out of spite | | for someone must stand up for what's right" | | -- Jewel - "Hands" | --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ End of angry-psychos-digest V4 #180 ***********************************