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Shoppers rush to pyramid Wal-Mart
BBC ^ | 5 November, 2004

Posted on 11/07/2004 4:06:24 PM PST by traumer

Bargain-hungry Mexican shoppers have flocked to a new Wal-Mart supermarket that environmentalists claim will threaten one of the nation's treasures. Around 200 shoppers queued for hours to be the first to enter the store, which is half a mile from the ancient Mexican pyramids at Teotihuacan.

"People need the well-being of their families more than culture," said one.

Environmental groups had argued that the store was too close to the ruins and would erode the local way of life.

While the Wal-Mart store was overflowing with shoppers on its opening day, a handful of local opponents kept a vigil outside the 2,000-year-old Teotihuacan pyramids.

They pledged to continue a protest that has drawn international attention and prompted a national debate.

Buffer zone

"It's like planting the staff of globalization in the heart of ancient Mexico," said Homero Aridjis, a writer and environmentalist who led a national drive to block the store.

"It is supremely symbolic."

Mexico's national anthropology institute that oversees the ruins - located outside Mexico City - has said that the store poses no threat.

The United Nations and the Paris-based International Council on Monuments and Sites also "signed-off" the store. It is located in a buffer zone that is part of the archaeological site, but where hundreds of other, mainly smaller businesses have sprouted in the past decade or more.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Mexico; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: archaeology; ggg; godsgravesglyphs; history; walmart
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To: farmfriend

BTTT!!!!!!


61 posted on 11/08/2004 3:00:40 AM PST by E.G.C.
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To: Beelzebubba

There are three in the area; Sol (pyramid of the sun) is the third largest pyramid in the world, Luna (pyramid of the moon) is slightly smaller than Sol, and the Feathered Serpent pyramid (I believe it is called the Temple of Quetzalcóatl). Also, there is the Avenue of the Dead and the Ciudadela (Citadel) in the area. See the following sites for more info:

http://archaeology.la.asu.edu/teo/
http://www.differentworld.com/mexico/places/mexico_city/teotihuacan.htm


62 posted on 11/08/2004 6:30:14 AM PST by looscnnn ("Live free or die; death is not the worst of evils" Gen. John Stark 1809)
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To: traumer

Index


63 posted on 11/08/2004 6:38:55 AM PST by chuknospam
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To: traumer
Goebbels would be proud of you.

Pure propaganda

64 posted on 11/08/2004 6:51:15 AM PST by Popman (Democrat Party Political Values are Condescension, Hypocrisy, Bigotry)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

Are those bags decomposable - are will the future archeologists wonder about these 'signs of God' ?


65 posted on 11/08/2004 7:50:28 AM PST by traumer
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To: Libertina
"Shame on these developers. How this got permitting is unbelievable..." :o)
66 posted on 11/08/2004 8:09:26 AM PST by traumer
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To: traumer

Correct you are :(


67 posted on 11/08/2004 9:06:49 AM PST by Libertina (We praise You Lord, You have granted America a Christian leader!)
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To: endthematrix

Hay problema? (from the other thread)

Maybe Uncle Sam Walton is just trying to blend in with the locals?

68 posted on 11/27/2004 6:06:21 AM PST by Cvengr (;^))
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To: traumer; Berosus; blam; Ernest_at_the_Beach; FairOpinion; ValerieUSA
Environmental groups had argued that the store was too close to the ruins

In related news, the Natural Resources Defence Council issues a report that the United States still has around 480 nuclear weapons in Europe.

69 posted on 02/12/2005 8:09:20 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Ted "Kids, I Sunk the Honey" Kennedy is just a drunk who's never held a job (or had to).)
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To: Jaysun

Do they disembowel shoplifters and roll them down the steps?

70 posted on 02/12/2005 8:16:37 PM PST by Moonman62 (Republican - The political party for the living.)
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To: Moonman62
How in the world did you come to find such an old post?

As to your question, you're very close. They're taken to the roof, placed upon the ritual AC unit, and their hearts are cut out. Rather than being tossed down the steps, the carcass is dressed in a shirt that says "I stole" and then placed in a prominent location inside the store.
71 posted on 02/13/2005 12:10:07 AM PST by Jaysun (Nefarious deeds for hire.)
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To: infidel44
What wal-mart do you work for? I totally disagree that wal-mart makes a very good neighbor- they KILL all local "mom-and- pop LOCAL businesses, they come into a community with tax abatements, and with their tax depreciations of their property, they wipe out all local competitors, and then after they have been there about 18-19 years, they CLOSE to avoid paying retirement to their employees.

Nonsense.
73 posted on 02/13/2005 2:45:28 AM PST by Jaysun (Nefarious deeds for hire.)
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To: traumer

Oh, great, Walmart's a pyramid now? That means folks will be inviting me to their homes to recruit me to a "great business opportunity."


74 posted on 02/13/2005 2:50:28 AM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: blam; FairOpinion; Ernest_at_the_Beach; SunkenCiv; 24Karet; 3AngelaD; 4ConservativeJustices; ...
PreColumbian pyramid ping, and alotta alliteration alert.
Please FREEPMAIL me if you want on, off, or alter the "Gods, Graves, Glyphs" PING list --
Archaeology/Anthropology/Ancient Cultures/Artifacts/Antiquities, etc.
The GGG Digest
-- Gods, Graves, Glyphs (alpha order)

75 posted on 02/13/2005 5:44:03 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Ted "Kids, I Sunk the Honey" Kennedy is just a drunk who's never held a job (or had to).)
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To: traumer
But the same people wouldn't object to a huge "Ministry of Culture" office building full of thousands of worthless bureaucratic drones on the same site.

So9

76 posted on 02/13/2005 5:49:57 PM PST by Servant of the 9 (Trust Me)
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To: syberghost

Well, the environmentalists like to fight for preservation of the old, natural ways. Cholera epidemics and malnutrition, children wading through raw sewage looking for food, that kind of stuff. You know what happens when the evil capitalists put in storm water drains, sewage systems, and city infrastructures. It just destroys the habitat for the stinky dung and flesh eating beetle, which, as we know, is endangered.


77 posted on 02/13/2005 5:52:09 PM PST by Richard Kimball (It was a joke. You know, humor. Like the funny kind. Only different.)
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To: realpatriot
Nietzche is dead. -God

I believe Ray has the last word in this argument. ;)

As for the Wal-Mart? I've been to Chichen Itza. Mexico does not take care of ANY of their landmarks or National Treasures. That place was a dump! Trash everywhere, the pyramid was full of graffiti after I climbed to the top. The "Virgin Child Sacrificing Pool" had garbage floating in it. Disgusting. If anything, a Wal-Mart might class up the place. I've traveled extensively in Mexico. I've not seen much National Pride in their heritage, or historic places. Sorry. Just my Life Experience. I've seen more Mexican National Pride in places like San Antonio, TX than I ever have in Mexico.

78 posted on 02/13/2005 6:05:46 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
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To: traumer
Nietzche is dead.

-- God

79 posted on 02/13/2005 6:07:10 PM PST by chilepepper (The map is not the territory -- Alfred Korzybski)
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To: VeniVidiVici
RE:44

I feel that way about Wegman's.

80 posted on 02/13/2005 6:09:31 PM PST by DCPatriot ("It aint what you don't know that kills you. It's what you know that aint so" Theodore Sturgeon)
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