Skip to comments.
Black Friday: Third World USA
Nietzche is Dead ^
| 28 Nov 08
| foutsc
Posted on 11/28/2008 7:41:22 AM PST by foutsc
In poor third-world countries, people riot and stampede over food and basic necessities. It is literally a matter of life and death.In America, shoppers trample fellow human beings over DVD players and video games.
A worker died after being trampled and a woman miscarried when hundreds of shoppers smashed through the doors of a Long Island Wal-Mart Friday morning, witnesses said. Witnesses said the surging throngs of shoppers knocked the man down. He fell and was stepped on. As he gasped for air, shoppers ran over and around him.
Paramedics treated the woman inside the store and then, according to Keys, told the woman:
"There's nothing we can do. The baby is gone."
He could have been talking about our society as well...
TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: blackfriday; death; shoppers; walmart
1
posted on
11/28/2008 7:41:22 AM PST
by
foutsc
To: foutsc
Consumers are setup and sucked into mob mentality on Black Friday by retailers. It can be avoided, but there is money to be made safety and commonsense is secondary.
2
posted on
11/28/2008 7:51:55 AM PST
by
Realism
(Some believe that the facts-of-life are open to debate.....)
To: foutsc
Having traveled to over 30 countries on six continents, it amazes me what qualifies as poor here, when the vast majority haven't the first idea what poor TRULY means.
The economy sucks, we're all going bankrupt, yadda yadda yadda, but you still have a roof over your head and food on the table and a job to go to in the morning. Please don't tell me that we're not obsessed with materialism.
Everyone on my list is getting cards telling them a charitable donation was made in their name. If they don't like it, too bad. It's more than I've gotten from most of them over the past few years.
3
posted on
11/28/2008 7:56:40 AM PST
by
OCCASparky
(Steely-Eyed Killer of the Deep)
To: OCCASparky
Right on. The military also sent me all over the world and I’ve seen some sad things. We have the richest, fattest, most well taken care of poor people in the world.
4
posted on
11/28/2008 8:06:45 AM PST
by
foutsc
(Nietzsche is Dead)
To: OCCASparky
I think that is a nice gift.
5
posted on
11/28/2008 8:07:47 AM PST
by
WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
(Tagline scrubbed to prevent invitation to indoctrinization camp)
To: foutsc
Horrible story. It should be noted that that particular mall, a few hundred yards from the Queens (NYC) border, is a “Third World Country”, 365 days a year. Most Long Islanders haven’t shopped there for years, because of the crime.
To: foutsc
Can’t find any meat sales
7
posted on
11/28/2008 8:11:23 AM PST
by
Vaduz
To: Realism
Consumers are setup and sucked into mob mentality Not all that much different from the mortage frenzy.
8
posted on
11/28/2008 8:12:16 AM PST
by
Starboard
To: foutsc
I wonder what the exit polling of those shoppers would reveal? Personally, I’d shut down the store with everyone in it and herd them all off to a local stadium to sort them all out - sans merchandise.
9
posted on
11/28/2008 8:26:01 AM PST
by
NonValueAdded
(once you get to really know people, there are always better reasons than [race] for despising them.)
To: Realism
Ultimately you choose whether or not to be among the sheep.
To: NonValueAdded
Personally, Id shut down the store with everyone in it and herd them all off to a local stadium to sort them all out - sans merchandise. That is the kind of common sense thinking that we have abandoned, to our great detriment.
11
posted on
11/28/2008 9:37:17 AM PST
by
foutsc
(Nietzsche is Dead)
To: foutsc
12
posted on
11/28/2008 9:42:19 AM PST
by
NonValueAdded
(once you get to really know people, there are always better reasons than [race] for despising them.)
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson