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....losing my faith in humanity.

Thanksgiving has to be one of my favorite holidays. I love preparing all of the food and letting a few people help out with the side dishes. I love gathering my family and random friends and acquaintences around and providing for them. It, to me, is the kickoff of a truly joyful time of year. I try to avoid being caught up in the commercialism of the whole season and work to focus my energies on what's really important. This year, because of the economic shift, I'd have to make that my focus anyway. Luckily it's not a huge stretch.

So when I read this story about the poor soul who lost his life to Wal-Mart shoppers I felt sick. On "Black Friday" as I was decorating my house with my children, Jdimytai Damour was trampled to death by savages looking for a bargain piece of crap from Wal-Mart.

Now because of my family's long standing hatred of all things Wal-Mart related I rarely shop there. I believe, from the depths of my soul, that Wal-Mart is where people go to beat their children in public. So for every imbicile that was so proud to be in the front of the line, and for every cretin that pushed in the door, and for every callous individual that walked over another human being in order to buy discount electronics, you make me sick.

Happy Holidays.

Comments

Jenn said…
I'm with you 100% here. Black Friday makes me sad. The fact that people are so willing to go buy a bunch of crap they didn't want (or need) simply because it's on sale with little to no regard to how that crap was produced or what they're going to do with it when it breaks, they loose interest, whatever.

I avoid Wal-mart too. Being that we live in small town with few other options, sometimes I have to cave when I need something I can't get anywhere else in town. But seriously, I'm tired of the "how much more CRAP can we get for less mentality" we seem to thrive on as a society these days. Ugh.

I "participated" in Black Friday this year by supporting a local coffee shop and warming their couch with my butt while reading a book for 2 hours. That's the type of capitalism I can totally get behind...and no one was in danger of being trampled!
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