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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-11 07:00 PM Original message |
The Wal-Mart pepper spray incidence is symbolic of how sick consumerism has become. |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-11 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
1. I saw a newsclip of all the Black Friday incidents. |
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marlakay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-11 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
2. I think it says a lot about how desperate |
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Imajika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-11 07:32 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. No it does not... |
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joeglow3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-11 08:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. In the late 1990's I worked in a store where an 80 year old was plowed over. |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-11 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
3. People want capitalism - and they also want a sane society. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-11 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
4. What's even sadder is that I had several people insult me |
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Imajika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-11 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
5. Total nonsense.... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-11 07:31 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Either the press is reporting more on them |
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Imajika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-11 07:43 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. This stuff happens EVERY single year... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-11 08:08 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. I am talknig of the QUANTITY of incidents |
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Imajika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-11 08:18 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Right, and I am telling you the quantity... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-11 08:30 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. And a few psychologists might disagree with you |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-11 08:37 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. Black Friday shoppers are the new shark |
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Butch350 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-11 07:53 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Yes! It does! |
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Imajika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-11 08:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Well...you know...that 4 slice toaster & oven was totally worth it... |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-11 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
13. Freedom from that consumerist mindset is very liberating. |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-11 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
16. I blame the stores, making people whose wages have been stagnant 30 years, dance like dogs for a |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-11 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
18. No, it just shows how sick consumers have become. n/t |
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cyglet (256 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-11 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
19. To me it's not even that it was Black Friday |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-11 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
20. Zombie consumerism. |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-11 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
21. Don't worry |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-11 10:16 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Yup. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-11 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
22. I didn't go early enough to see a glimpse of the good bargains. |
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theophilus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-11 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
23. Christmas is not only too commercial....it's too dangerous! Linus. n/t |
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