Once again humanity has shocked me with its stupidity.
At the beginning of the season that is supposed to be the least selfish and the most caring time of the year, a time for many of us to remember our Savior, a mob of people killed a temporary Walmart employee. I can see it in my mind, the eager Christmas shoppers, each with a list of things to buy for their special person, a son, a daughter, a wife, or a husband, charging into the store, carelessly trampling the body of the man who opened the door for them. And then, when informed that they have to leave the store because somebody has just died they respond, "but I've waited in line since yesterday!"
I want to karate chop that person in the throat; which is shameful in itself, because I want to revisit violence upon a whole mob of people, most of whom are probably quite innocent alone, just self absorbed and oblivious.
Oh, the irony of the moment. There is such a juxtaposition of images and values here, the values that we should have been feeling at the beginning of this season, and the selfish and careless mob consumerism that turned over 2000 people into accomplices in a murder.
Truly, Black Friday is a fitting name.
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Now a couple of the people involved in killing that man are suing walmart for injuries they sustained in the stampede, like it's the store's fault somehow. They are asking for $2 million for strained muscles in their necks. I want to use a swear word! #@!**** greedy people!!!!
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