Wal-Mart Cans Carlin Book (cover parodies "The Last Supper")

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

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George Carlin's seven dirty words got him trouble three decades ago. Now his Pork Chops aren't going over well at Wal-Mart.

The nation's number one retail chain has refused to stock the funnyman's latest best-selling book, When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops? And depending on who you're listening to, it's either a case of censorship or salesmanship.

Carlin's rep, Jeff Abraham, says that Wal-Mart officials were not thrilled with book's cover, a parody of Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper featuring Carlin next to Jesus' empty chair.

"Wal-Mart has this very conservative attitude," Abraham says. "And George Carlin always said this about his book title, 'It's a title that's guaranteed to offend everyone.' So then you see this book cover and it's a parody of the Last Supper. So you can imagine what (Wal-Mart is) thinking."

[troublemaker]

1. What kind of fundamentalist thinks a painting by an Italian homosexual

is a religious relic? It's a made-up picture, people. It's not the shroud of Turin or a piece of the cross.

[lizzieforkerry]

6. These people obviously haven't read the DaVinci Code

Do they sell that at Walmart?

[frogbison]

7. So what are you saying?

Surely not DaVinci!

[specter]

2. Who buys

books at a fuckin Wal-Mart when there is a books-a-million??? All of this religiosity by wal-mart will eventually kill the company IMO

[SCLibra]

3. I sure hope so!!

[aquart]

5. Soon, I hope.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

4. Wal-Mart has no sense of humor

They banned John Stewart's book also because it portrayed naked Supreme Court justices. I admit that wasn't a pretty sight but hardly a reason to ban the book.