Interesting story...You mention the stores playing with people's emotions. What does it say about people who allow themselves to be "played"? No doubt this is what happened in the trampling death at the NY Wal Mart on Black Friday. What kind of people would trample a dude to death in order to save 5 bucks on the latest gadget that they can't seem to live without? I'm sure the emotional "herd mentality" kicked in and all they could think of was getting a bargain.03Lightningrocks wrote:Funny isn't it. Many years ago, there was a doll introduced at Christmas, called cabbage patch. Every parent had to have one for their little girl...LOL...even my crazy ex wife. People would wait at the stores for hours before they opened hoping to grab one of these ugly little dolls for their kids. These woman would get all cranked up and when the store opened the door, they would all turn crazy and make a mad dash for the four or five dolls on the shelf. My ex got into a fist fight with some big buffarilla black woman who was about to beat her good. Cops interupted and sent them both home with no doll as punishment. LOL...times were different 25 years ago. So my ex walks in with a shiner and she is boohooing and crying about not getting this stupid doll. She couldn't give a crap about the fact that she could have been in jail or that she just about got wooped. It is amazing the tension created by these stores when they play games with peoples emotions.
I saw a lawyer on CNN earlier today commenting on the Wal Mart incident and he said something to the effect of how Wal Mart was responsible, the local police were responsible, etc. for this guys death. Never did he mention the savages whose feet trampled this guy. What a jerk! I think his comment was code for, "I am a lawyer and I see deep pockets of $$$." I find his comment much like the "...what kind of people carry guns while shopping for toys..." that others have mentioned regarding the Toys R Us incident. Comments like these are lame attempts to remove the responsibility of dispicable acts from those who perpetrate them. The sad thing is, there are a lot of people who buy into these comments because they appeal to emotions and make people "feel better" in the moment.