Comments on: And Here I Thought Buy Nothing Day Wasn’t Needed

By: Icelandish

Icelandish — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:26:06 +0000

Can you imagine going to work one morning at a damn Wal-Mart and ending up dead?

Yes, unfortunately I can. Walmart kills people everyday by denying their employees affordable health insurance.

But yeah how sad about the poor guy who got trampled? I mean I’m just embarrassed to be an American when I read that shit. Only in the US do we rationalize killing someone for a Tickle Me Elmo or whatever.

By: Maggie

Maggie — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:13:28 +0000

This is the first place I’ve seen that’s published the name of the dead man. As a member of the media, I understand that most newspapers have guidelines that discourages publishing the names of victims of violence and in some cases (particularly when it comes to things like rape) I think that makes sense.

But in some cases I think it just serves to dehumanize. To allow people to go, “Did you hear some guy got trampled. Geez.” and move on. Putting his name in makes you stop and think about exactly who was lost. And maybe there’s a public value to that…given that it was messed up public values that cost the man his life.

By: Dianne

Dianne — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:56:19 +0000

Can you imagine going to work one morning at a damn Wal-Mart and ending up dead?

Quite easily, actually. Wasn’t Wal-Mart the place where they were baracading their employees in and not allowing them to use the fire exits, even in an emergency? (I seem to remember someone getting badly hurt and nearly bleeding to death because of inability to get out of a wal-mart)

By: Asada

Asada — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 23:33:06 +0000

It is good being too poor for even Black Friday. I really don’t have the money to RISK overspending, LOL.
I cant imagine breaking down doors for walmart!!!! But I think the people there could not get to a mall or something ( notice this happens at the local discount store in the run down/ex-urb neighborhood). I cant imagine this happening at the LLBean stores and their ilk.
When I heard about the deaths, I was hurt.

By: BlackWomenBlowTheTrumpet

BlackWomenBlowTheTrumpet — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 10:07:29 +0000

This is just such a shame!

But THAT is not all…. there is a news report online that a shooting occurred at a Kids R Us involving a dispute between two fathers… one man is now dead.

This is getting out of hand.

Pretty soon…people will enter stores and police with riot gear will be standing there with tasers at the entrance way!!

By: stankerbell

stankerbell — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 08:46:49 +0000

i will never understand the frenzy of black friday… i mean i love the thought of a good sale too but damn… people lose their damn minds and it seems to be getting worse…. there was this walmart incident and then there was the incident at toys r us, where 2 men died after shooting each other… smh.

By: Diane J Standiford

Diane J Standiford — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 07:10:44 +0000

I used to get up at 5am to buy socks at half price; but this year even that is too expensive. I’m making all my gifts and woe unto the souls who get them; this “stupid” “dumb” woman has no art talent either–go figure. Why does human life mean so little during “sales”? Ditto sigh.

By: Foxessa

Foxessa — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 19:17:23 +0000

I didn’t buy anything yesterday. The Spouse blew it for the household though, because he had to get some cerveza to go with the Thanksgiving Dinner leftovers dinner last night. If that hadn’t happened we’d have not spent money at all. But then we travel the subway with monthly metro cards, so maybe we spent money after all, though the cards were bought earlier?

I simply don’t get this thing. I am so alienated from this nation in so many respects, for so long now. Obviously there’s a huge population of this sort of consuming fool, but I don’t know any of them, thank goodness.

Love, c.