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The Straight Story

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Tue Apr-13-10 04:22 PM
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Virginia pharmacy had plenty of moral convictions, few clients-"pro-life" pharmacy goes under

Virginia pharmacy had plenty of moral convictions, few clients

The Divine Mercy Care Pharmacy in Chantilly proudly and purposefully limited what it would stock on its shelves. But it turns out that no birth control pills, no condoms, no porn, no tobacco and even no makeup added up to one thing:

No customers.

The self-described "pro-life" pharmacy went out of business last month, less than two years after it opened to great fanfare, with a Catholic priest sprinkling holy water on the strip-mall store tucked between an Asian supermarket and a scuba shop.

No word on whether he returned for last rites.

The drugstore was one of a handful across the country that have put the moral conviction of a pharmacist at the forefront of a business. And as a business model, that's fine, I guess.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/12/AR2010041204107.html?hpid=news-col-blog

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mimitabby

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Tue Apr-13-10 04:28 PM
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1. great news!

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mimitabby

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Tue Apr-13-10 04:28 PM
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2. I guess angels and saints don't need drugs.

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eShirl

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Tue Apr-13-10 04:30 PM
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3. no MAKE-UP?

Did they stock burqas, or whatever the fundy equivalent is?

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Toasterlad

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Tue Apr-13-10 04:33 PM
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4. Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!

Excuse me. I have to catch my breath.

There.

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That made my day.

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TheDebbieDee

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Tue Apr-13-10 04:43 PM
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15. Lol !

Edited on Tue Apr-13-10 04:44 PM by TheDebbieDee

But seriously, tell us how you really feel.

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depakid

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Tue Apr-13-10 04:34 PM
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5. Since when do pharmacies carry tobacco and porn?

:eyes:

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The Straight Story

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Tue Apr-13-10 04:35 PM
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8. Walgreens here carries smokes (Ohio), in CA they have hard liquor too (nt)

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customerserviceguy

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Tue Apr-13-10 04:39 PM
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11. I know of lots of them that carry tobacco

behind the counter, and many with magazine racks have Playboy and/or Penthouse, which fundies consider porn.

This is in suburban Washington, D. C., the concept might have worked if it had been out in the Blue Ridge Mountains area of Virginia.

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LeftyMom

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Tue Apr-13-10 09:01 PM
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31. Out here they all have cigs.

I have no idea anybody still bought porn. I mean really, do they not have the internet in Virginia?

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CTyankee

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Tue Apr-13-10 04:35 PM
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6. Seems like they were anti-life in many respects.

Well, that's what you get...thanks for posting. I enjoyed that immensely!

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WVRICK13

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Tue Apr-13-10 04:35 PM
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7. Northern Virginia Is Not A Good Place

to be extremely RW, they would have done better further south.

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HipChick

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Tue Apr-13-10 04:36 PM
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10. I agree...I know exactly where that store is too..

they didn't stand a chance..

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Ikonoklast

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Tue Apr-13-10 04:36 PM
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9. They got what they deserved.

When one goes into business, one should do so without limiting one's customer base. Everyone's money is the same color.

Unless you WANT to fail, keep your personal religious rules out of your business.

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Dr Morbius

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Tue Apr-13-10 06:03 PM
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25. Yeah, no kidding.

I've rarely seen more a perfect recipe for failure in business than an adherence to dogmatic thinking.

If there's a sale to be made, you don't alienate the customer. Duh.

Maybe the PEOPLE think pharmacists should provide the service for which they're being paid, and stifle their damn opinions. But who knows, maybe it was just a bad location.

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immoderate

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Tue Apr-13-10 04:39 PM
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12. Congratulations to them for standing by their convictions.

Next!! :shrug:

--imm

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Canuckistanian

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Tue Apr-13-10 06:09 PM
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26. +1

I'm all for these extremists opening businesses. It lets them know, in no uncertain terms, what the REAL world thinks of them.

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immoderate

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Wed Apr-14-10 03:56 AM
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37. In a perfect world, this would happen all the time.

--imm

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damntexdem

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Tue Apr-13-10 04:40 PM
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13. Are you sure the priest was baptizing the pharmacy?

Maybe he was unsuccessfully performing an exorcism -- it sure sounds like the place would have had a devil of a time surviving right from the start.

;-)

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scarletlib

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Tue Apr-13-10 05:43 PM
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22. it's a Blessing not a Baptism

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blue sky at night

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Tue Apr-13-10 04:41 PM
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14. build it...

and they won't come! This is a perfect end to a fucked up story, guess that "free market" shit they rave about really does work! (we knew it all along)

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Warren DeMontague

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Tue Apr-13-10 04:48 PM
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16. Well, you can just go down to the bank and try to deposit those self-righteous convictions, can'tja?

See how well they pay the electric bill, ya preachy fuck.

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Hekate

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Tue Apr-13-10 04:48 PM
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17. The problem is when such a pharmacy is the only one in town, along with the Catholic hospital ...

... being the only one in driving distance. Then it becomes a really big issue that has an impact on a lot of lives of existing people.

Hekate

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Toasterlad

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Tue Apr-13-10 04:49 PM
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18. Save Ma Store, Jeebus!

Oh, but Jeebus was busy.

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I really must stop.

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The Straight Story

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Tue Apr-13-10 07:02 PM
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27. They should have hired a televangelist to help them out

"Buy tylenol here or Jesus will call our store home!" :)

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Blue Owl

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Tue Apr-13-10 04:50 PM
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19. E-e-e-e-x-x-ccellent!!!

n/t

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Commie Pinko Dirtbag

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Tue Apr-13-10 04:54 PM
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20. I love the smell of schadenfreude in the evening.

It smells like... victory!

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Swede

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Tue Apr-13-10 04:58 PM
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21. Rx for failure.

:shrug:

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Lucian

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Tue Apr-13-10 05:45 PM
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23. "no birth control, no condoms, no porn, no tobacco, and no makeup"

Edited on Tue Apr-13-10 05:45 PM by Lucian

= no fun

It makes me happy that this sham for a pharmacy when out of business.

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Manifestor_of_Light

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Tue Apr-13-10 08:52 PM
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28. Guess we brazen hussies that wear nail polish aren't welcome there either.

Ha ha ha!!!

I'm a charter member of the Brazen Hussies Union and you can pry my bitchy red nail polish from my cold dead hands!!!

:evilgrin:

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angstlessk

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Tue Apr-13-10 05:58 PM
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24. Why didn't the pharmacist just become a preacher???

hell most preachers are richer than pharmacists anywho!

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Lex

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Tue Apr-13-10 08:54 PM
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29. so stupid of them

so foreseeable

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RagAss

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Tue Apr-13-10 08:57 PM
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30. How's that fake morality thingy workin out for ya?????

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Generic Other

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Tue Apr-13-10 09:07 PM
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32. Pitch and sulphur!!

What did they sell in this drugstore? Jack Chick tracks, pinetar soap, and flyswatters?

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Generic Other

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Tue Apr-13-10 09:08 PM
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33. Maybe they sold whitewash and kool-aid

Edited on Tue Apr-13-10 09:10 PM by Generic Other

And lots of baby booties.

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neverforget

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Tue Apr-13-10 09:15 PM
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34. In the immortal words of Nelson Muntz

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RainDog

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Tue Apr-13-10 09:20 PM
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35. obviously god hates him n/t

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applegrove

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Tue Apr-13-10 09:57 PM
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36. I hope it makes other pharmacists think before they act. Glad people stayed away.

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