does anyone find this disturbing

Originally posted by joe shmo
It was Black Friday in America, and a wal-mart employee was trampled to death as an angry mob off shoppers broke the door down on top of him..........does anyone find this extreemly disturbing, other than myself?

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The smiley represents my shame

America is rapidly becoming a nation of morons

Yes. I find this very disturbing.

When the quest for the almighty dollar (or saving the almighty dollar) determines our moral compass, life is cheapened and such an event can be seen as a minor inconvenience for some. The evidence lies in the fact that people actually walked over the potential rescuers as they workes to save his life.

What is even more disturbing is that the shoppers were ready to riot once management said the store was closing because of the man's death.

All so sad...on so many levels.

Originally posted by joe shmo
It was Black Friday in America, and a wal-mart employee was trampled to death as an angry mob off shoppers broke the door down on top of him..........does anyone find this extreemly disturbing, other than myself?

😳

The smiley represents my shame

America is rapidly becoming a nation of morons

Obviously, you aren't alone in your sentiments.

It's disturbing on a number of levels, not the least of which is the inevitablity that something like this was going to occur. For how many years has this frenzy been escalating? It's a frenzy that's been stoked on an annual basis by the stores, the consumers, our cultural gluttony, and the media that happily portrays it all.

So long as everyone got their X Box, I suppose the guy's life was a small price (you decide if the pun was intended) to pay.

Originally posted by joe shmo
It was Black Friday in America, and a wal-mart employee was trampled to death as an angry mob off shoppers broke the door down on top of him..........does anyone find this extreemly disturbing, other than myself?

😳

The smiley represents my shame

America is rapidly becoming a nation of morons

Very disturbing indeed, but not suprising.

Originally posted by Mimor
Disturbing? Yes, very.

And this sort of idiocy is one more example of the self-indulgence, lack of self-discipline and insistence on immediate gratification that kills off common sense and decency. We're just going to consume, consume, consume until we choke on it.

I sort of love you. Recc'd.

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Originally posted by SJ247
I sort of love you. Recc'd.

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Hey! Stand in line... and no pushing, either. 😵

Originally posted by SMSBear716
...I don't know. I think common sense isn't that common anymore.

"common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen."

-einstein



about the deaths... well, I've had two family members die within few weeks, and it didn't make any sense. I doubt it ever does. people die, that's what happens to things that live. some die in car crash, many by cancer, some get shot, some stop breathing in cradle, and some get crushed in walmart. none of it makes any sense, it just happens. that's the way of the world, blind fumbling in the dark mixed with freak accidents.

Originally posted by joe shmo
It was Black Friday in America, and a wal-mart employee was trampled to death as an angry mob off shoppers broke the door down on top of him..........does anyone find this extreemly disturbing, other than myself?

😳

The smiley represents my shame

America is rapidly becoming a nation of morons

Just America? The world is rapidly becoming a world of morons.

But I'll cut you a little slack here because this happened in New York, which is a class of morons all to themselves.

Originally posted by joe shmo
It was Black Friday in America, and a wal-mart employee was trampled to death as an angry mob off shoppers broke the door down on top of him..........does anyone find this extreemly disturbing, other than myself?

😳

The smiley represents my shame

America is rapidly becoming a nation of morons

What melamine, lead spewing product from China could be so fiicking necessary that people just run over and kill someone? Not one person stopped to help this guy?

What's the matter with people? Or is this question answered simply by the fact that these people shop at walmart......

Originally posted by joe shmo
It was Black Friday in America, and a wal-mart employee was trampled to death as an angry mob off shoppers broke the door down on top of him..........does anyone find this extreemly disturbing, other than myself?

😳

The smiley represents my shame

America is rapidly becoming a nation of morons

Hey shmo, I agree,...sickening stupid fu cking people Charlotta😠😠😠

Originally posted by PocketKings
Just America? The world is rapidly becoming a world of morons.

But I'll cut you a little slack here because this happened in New York, which is a class of morons all to themselves.

Oh you're really a sick wacko who should be in chains in a lunatic asylum Charlotta😠😠

Originally posted by PocketKings
The world is rapidly becoming a world of morons.

Becoming...?

Originally posted by Raven69
Becoming...?

Yes Rav, you are right. They meant "is"....... Not "becoming" Charlotta

Originally posted by uzless
What melamine, lead spewing product from China could be so fiicking necessary that people just run over and kill someone? Not one person stopped to help this guy?

What's the matter with people? Or is this question answered simply by the fact that these people shop at walmart......

(laughs) and they were in Long Island, NY..... thought them Yankees were suppose to be all sophisticated and politically correct.... maybe it was a herd of illegal immigrant types

Originally posted by SMSBear716
(laughs) and they were in Long Island, NY..... thought them Yankees were suppose to be all sophisticated and politically correct.... maybe it was a herd of illegal immigrant types

knuckle heads come in all shapes colors sizes and geogrphical locations....unfortunately😞

Originally posted by uzless
What melamine, lead spewing product from China could be so fiicking necessary that people just run over and kill someone? Not one person stopped to help this guy?

What's the matter with people? Or is this question answered simply by the fact that these people shop at walmart......

Other employees trying to help him got trampled, too, but they survived. When the owner tried to close the store they went into an angry frenzy....shouting, etc. I guess they did manage to close for a few hours and get the injured to the hospital, including an eighth-month pregnant lady. Both she and the baby will survive, thankfully. This was at 5 a.m. ! Those lunatics must have waited outside all night for the doors to open.