CONSTITUTION AMENDED: Shopping Replaces Free Speech
Now you can shop “without feeling any guilt
whatsoever.”
Sign at Trader Joe's, Palms and
Sepulveda:
"Your Right to Distraction-Free
Shopping
Out of respect to our
customers, Trader Joe's does not permit any solicitation at or near the front of
our stores, regardless of the
issue.
Please feel free to ignore
anyone with a clipboard or cheap folding table, without feeling any guilt
whatsoever. For more info, please talk to one of our
Crewmembers."
Apparently, the
German owners of the $5 billion corporation have gotten a little ahead of
themselves in remaking the U.S. as an authoritarian
state.
No response yet from the
American Civil Liberties Union, which frequently solicited memberships in front
of the store at Palms and Sepulveda. Hopefully, the new Venice store will be
more considerate of our rights.
Posted: Thu - May 1, 2008 at 07:05 PM
