According to an AdAge article, Wal-Mart has concocted a Thin Mint and Tagalong rip-off cookie. Those once loveable cookies are no longer sacred and exclusive to the Girl Scouts of America.

“Just when you think your opinion about Walmart might be changing … just when you think that maybe, just maybe, Walmart was learning to be a better citizen … Walmart turns around and does something really despicable,” Ms. Harquail writes. “It’s not discriminating against women, strong-arming suppliers, polluting neighborhoods or racing to the bottom of the China Price. No, this time, it’s closer to home, and in my case, really close to home. This time … Walmart is knocking off the Girl Scouts.”

Mrs. Harquail was the “cookies mom” for her own daughter’s scout troop. She easily recognized the distinct flavor of those knock-off brand cookies immediately.

“The exclusivity of Girl Scout cookies is what makes the cookies really sell,” Ms. Harquail writes. “But now, Walmart is shoving itself in front of these little girls, and knocking on your door to sell you their almost-as-good fake Thin Mints and fake Tagalongs, whenever you want them.”

Does Wal-Mart have no soul? Knocking down the little girls is what they are doing. But nothing says Wal-Mart can’t do this, but is this ethical? I myself don’t really eat the cookies to begin with, but thinking about those sad little girls who can’t sell those cookies because Wal-Mart has them for cheaper and anytime you want is saddening. Do you think Wal-Mart is immoral?