X Rated Greeting Cards

I LOVE those cards at Target! I bought one for a friend with a
picture of this "Potato" looking character on the front, and it said
"IDAHO" then inside it said "NO, YOU DA HO!"

LOL!

be addressed to American Greetings? Last I checked, AG was wholly
responsible for the card displays inside all Target locations and the
store had no say so in it, other than selling them. Corporate has a
contract with AG to handle this, so it's unlikely that the response
will be different if they do respond to you.

But I have to agree with what others have said. While YOU may be
offended by the thinly veiled reference, others might not even bat an
eyelash at it or even think it's funny. It's not really fair to
expect every other shopper's experience to be restricted just to
accommodate the preferences of one.

The card you described is certainly not "X-rated". It might be
suggestive but that is about it. I think there is more skin being
shown in some of the fitness magaizines you find at Target and grocery
stores. I am sure would find the same card sold at a Hallmark store.

Like the representatives from Target have said, they cater to all
kinds of people. They can't please everyone.

Although I don't consider this an x-rated card, I agree with the
basics of your complaint. I probably wouldn't be offended by the card,
but still, this is Target, not Spencers (are they even still around?).


If Target IS going to sell these cards then I hope they have the good
sense to put them high enough where kids can't reach them.

If you don't like the card, don't buy the card! It's that sinple!

I don't think it should be considered "x-rated"... Maybe R rated, and
that is pushing it. I think if a child saw this card, and did not
understand the sexual innuendo, then they would likely interpret it in
a literal sense - blowing out the candles on a birthday cake.
They cannot please everyone and they do have a wide audience that
shops there. I think it is a good decision to cater to all than censor
their greeting cards. I personally think the mentioned card would be
funny to give to some certain people...

it's nothing new actually.

i remember when i was a child looking at cards for my father.

i saw one where you have to put two fingers through the hole on the
front of the card... when you opened it up, on the inside was a
topless woman - and your fingers were representing her breasts.

i was embarrassed by it.


I could be wrong but many children often self-regulate that kind of
material, i mean at least before puberty.

things that are of a sexual nature often embarrass them, so they avoid
them.

It's a tounge-in-cheek joke. If you have a problem with the cards at
Target, you're going to have a huge problem at other places like
Hallmark, Walmart and Card & Party.

Nobody is forcing you to watch anything on tv. Just like no one will
force you to buy a greeting card that may not suit your taste.

You are advocating censorship if you want a store or a vendor to
filter/control the message of someone elses right to free
speech/freedom of expression. The writer of the card is the one
expressing their opinion on what they find humorous. You are
infringing on their right by advocating someone censor it.

nobody says that the card writer can not express his/humor - no
retailer is under any obligation to sell somehting and if their
customers object it isn't a good business decision to continue to
carry the card. I don't know if that is the over all case here, but
it certainly has nothing to do with the card writers "rights".

I know many large stores have a company that comes in to stock/restock
the greeting cards, gift wrap, ribbon, and other similar items. It's
very possible that Target has no idea what types of cards are being
displayed. I have seen cards like these at many stores but they are
usually displayed higher so that young children can't get to them.

Check out my letter to Target about this very issue, from last
Easter:

http://www.planetfeedback.com/index.php?level2=blog_viewpost&topic_id=
317186&reply_expand=1

I agree with you completely. I am not religious, certainly not
Christian, and I have a very raunchy, disgusting sense of humor, and
while I'm not *offended* by edgy or racy cards, I don't think a family
sort of store needs to bother with carrying them.

I imagine a parent and child looking at cards together, and a
10-year-old asking mom or dad, "I don't get this card, why is it
funny?" (I certainly didn't know what "blow me" meant at age 10.)

Lately when I've needed cards, I've just gone to the dollar store. I
hate paying $3.50 for a card. I'd rather give the person the $3 and a
lottery ticket or something!

If I had those in my store, I would pull them.


Good Day