Wednesday, April 30, 2003

STEAL THIS WEB SITE

Killjoys at Wal*Mart (aka Sperm of the Devil) have shut down the pricebusters at re-code.com. The concept was ingenious, mischievous and what Wal*Mart deserve. Setting up a barcode generator to replace bar codes in Wal*Mart and other thieves with cheaper (but plausible) substitutes. Re-code say it was all a prank. Wal*Mart's expensive lawyers say it was the old replace the price tag scam. You decide. Read the salon.com article (you'll need to register - but you can get it for free if you watch an ad - you can watch the snooker while you wait).

Don't forget, kids. In the UK Asda=Wal*Mart. This corporation is part of a capitalist axis of evil. Wal*Mart has for years stamped on workers rights, sacked employees who have tried to form unions, undercut competitors through dubious (probably illegal) practices, conspired with and/or coerced suppliers, driven countless small businesses (which capitalist apologists tell us are the engine of the economy) out of business (again using dubious practices like the old swamp the market scam - now used by those good folks at Starbucks), censored artists by coercing and extorting record companies and gobbled up huge tracts of land on the outskirts of town to sell their shite. Wal*Mart have also sold guns used in several a murder - Columbine, I believe, as well.

"Honey get the kids, honey sort the leeks
Make sure that the barcodes match the receipts
Honey there’s a store, a new place in town
They’re selling new blades for my mower
New blades for my mower "

from The Supermarket Strikes Back by Mull Historical Society

:: Posted by pete @ 13:09