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| 58. We are like the Chinese now |
| -Report: Shoppers unfazed as man dies at Target |
IDemo |
Nov-26-11 12:11 PM |
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The Reason for the Season! |
begin_within |
Nov-26-11 12:12 PM |
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Dead Man |
woodpecker44 |
Nov-27-11 05:40 AM |
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Why aren't the clerks trained to drag these bodies aside? |
Jackpine Radical |
Nov-26-11 12:24 PM |
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you would think they have something similar to a "spill station" |
IamK |
Nov-26-11 01:54 PM |
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The clerks are obviously Communists |
_eh |
Nov-26-11 03:04 PM |
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Especially live ones with money |
left on green only |
Nov-26-11 03:57 PM |
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Yeah. I meant "live ones" |
Jackpine Radical |
Nov-26-11 05:13 PM |
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Good point. |
Enthusiast |
Nov-26-11 04:08 PM |
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Clerks are trained to not touch dead bodies |
jmowreader |
Nov-26-11 06:14 PM |
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I've worked in several retail establishments |
Tunkamerica |
Nov-26-11 08:08 PM |
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I thought yearly dead body handling classes were mandatory at retail outlets. |
Kablooie |
Nov-27-11 02:18 AM |
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Wouldn't that be dead-body not-handling classes? Like abstinence-only education? |
caseymoz |
Nov-27-11 03:41 AM |
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Shoot, maybe that was the one day I had off. |
Pacifist Patriot |
Nov-27-11 06:31 AM |
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Granted, it's been awhile, but.... |
Pacifist Patriot |
Nov-27-11 06:31 AM |
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Indeed! Get with it, people! |
spooked911 |
Nov-26-11 07:48 PM |
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Clean up in isle 5. |
UnrepentantLiberal |
Nov-26-11 11:34 PM |
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"Corpse cleanup, aisle three." |
Fantastic Anarchist |
Nov-27-11 04:05 AM |
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OMG, I laughed. I am ashamed. |
lonestarnot |
Nov-27-11 09:15 AM |
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Don't be ashamed. ;) |
Fantastic Anarchist |
Nov-27-11 10:35 AM |
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Mocking the death of a man makes anyone who does so |
Lorien |
Nov-27-11 11:02 AM |
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I was being sarcastic with the initial statement. |
Fantastic Anarchist |
Nov-27-11 11:20 AM |
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You were close but it would have been |
grantcart |
Nov-27-11 11:58 AM |
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"Black Friday" used to be an amusing aphorism, but the last few |
Mac1949 |
Nov-26-11 12:24 PM |
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"I just don't understand if people didn't help what their reason was, |
Zorra |
Nov-26-11 12:30 PM |
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Two people did try to help. |
unapatriciated |
Nov-26-11 07:39 PM |
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I can understand not helping... |
idiotgardener |
Nov-26-11 09:40 PM |
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You can down beside the person to be with them or stand beside the person |
snagglepuss |
Nov-27-11 01:00 PM |
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But hey, let's send riot police after the Occupiers! |
lbrtbell |
Nov-26-11 12:43 PM |
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another reason to hate walmart.....oh wait! |
madmom |
Nov-26-11 12:46 PM |
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Target, WalMart--all good fascist firms. |
Jackpine Radical |
Nov-26-11 10:10 PM |
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This could happen anywhere |
lbrtbell |
Nov-27-11 01:15 AM |
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You're right, of course. |
Jackpine Radical |
Nov-27-11 09:29 AM |
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Disgraceful. And it shows how America has gone to HELL. |
SoapBox |
Nov-26-11 12:59 PM |
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And I'm sure a bunch of them pulled out their phones to film the guy instead of helping. |
OnlinePoker |
Nov-26-11 01:02 PM |
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That is bullshit...they did not help because they were to busy |
zeemike |
Nov-26-11 04:20 PM |
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If they are anything like the average American, probably. |
chrisa |
Nov-26-11 06:56 PM |
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Wow. Just wow. No words really, just stunned at the callousness and greed. nt |
riderinthestorm |
Nov-26-11 01:08 PM |
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Indifference to human need, a uniquely American trait. |
Citizen Worker |
Nov-26-11 01:26 PM |
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Not uniquely American. Didn't you hear about this incident in China? |
totodeinhere |
Nov-26-11 02:37 PM |
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Hardly. |
Codeine |
Nov-26-11 03:27 PM |
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that was an idiotic statement. |
Tunkamerica |
Nov-26-11 08:09 PM |
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When the Walmart employee was trampled to death in last |
tblue37 |
Nov-26-11 01:34 PM |
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I hate the Xmas shopping crowds |
Warpy |
Nov-26-11 01:43 PM |
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Me, too. I exlicity avoid all stores between Thanksgiving and the following Monday. |
Odin2005 |
Nov-26-11 06:10 PM |
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You can't tell the shopping disasters without a scorecard |
rocktivity |
Nov-26-11 01:48 PM |
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Really telling the mentality of Black Friday obsessed shoppers, |
alp227 |
Nov-26-11 01:51 PM |
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Sadly, I know plenty of Progressives who participate in this crap. |
Odin2005 |
Nov-26-11 06:11 PM |
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and maybe they would be bystanders and passers by to victims of crime??? |
alp227 |
Nov-26-11 11:17 PM |
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No one checked the body to see if he had gotten anything good? |
plumbob |
Nov-26-11 02:09 PM |
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Bor will have a field day with this one... |
Hulk |
Nov-26-11 02:21 PM |
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More proof that America's real God is Ayn Rand! |
Joe Bacon |
Nov-26-11 03:51 PM |
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But here's betting |
skepticscott |
Nov-26-11 04:08 PM |
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Yes and they will get their weekly brainwashing. |
Joe Bacon |
Nov-27-11 11:01 AM |
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I would like to say I'm shocked. eom |
tawadi |
Nov-26-11 03:18 PM |
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"Where is the good Samaritan side of people?” |
WranglerRog |
Nov-26-11 03:48 PM |
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Good Samaritans these days pepper-sprays you. |
caseymoz |
Nov-26-11 04:46 PM |
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I would have stopped. I have when I have seen someone in trouble. |
southernyankeebelle |
Nov-26-11 04:07 PM |
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The headline is misleading, and what's 'below the fold' suggests a more complicated picture. |
Plaid Adder |
Nov-26-11 04:21 PM |
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good point |
Enrique |
Nov-26-11 04:37 PM |
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The co-worker didn't witness the event |
muriel_volestrangler |
Nov-27-11 06:22 AM |
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Shall I tell you my retail experience with local TV media? |
Pacifist Patriot |
Nov-27-11 06:47 AM |
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Self-delete |
Pacifist Patriot |
Nov-27-11 06:48 AM |
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Thank you for your reasoned response. |
CottonBear |
Nov-26-11 10:04 PM |
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I noticed this as well |
quakerboy |
Nov-27-11 01:37 AM |
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yeah, but it's easier to think better of yourself if you believe most people are bad |
Tunkamerica |
Nov-27-11 04:00 AM |
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Thank you! |
Pacifist Patriot |
Nov-27-11 06:32 AM |
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I think it's sensationalized also |
qanda |
Nov-27-11 06:45 AM |
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Thank you for your cool head... |
kgnu_fan |
Nov-27-11 09:45 AM |
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Factual and reasoned |
grantcart |
Nov-27-11 12:00 PM |
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So many of us have turned into shopping zombies. |
ananda |
Nov-26-11 04:39 PM |
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These are the shoppers who watch Fox News and listen to Limbaugh... |
lib2DaBone |
Nov-26-11 04:51 PM |
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If Target is the refined man's Wall-mart, |
left on green only |
Nov-26-11 04:59 PM |
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Did I say that? |
left on green only |
Nov-26-11 05:13 PM |
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Kitty Genovese? |
RUMMYisFROSTED |
Nov-26-11 05:15 PM |
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Except in her case, they at least paid attention. |
tblue |
Nov-26-11 09:37 PM |
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The more people there are, the more people are likely to think that someone has already taken care |
eridani |
Nov-27-11 01:35 AM |
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Hey, can't let a dead man get in the way of those bargains! |
AngryOldDem |
Nov-26-11 05:24 PM |
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It's "Uniquely American"! |
Odin2005 |
Nov-26-11 06:02 PM |
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American Exceptionalism |
tblue |
Nov-26-11 09:37 PM |
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the pits |
SoulSearcher |
Nov-26-11 06:41 PM |
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No, I think it is more-- if I waste time on this guy, I will miss out on saving $2 on |
spooked911 |
Nov-26-11 07:50 PM |
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Tragic...the Mainstream Media goes on for Weeks about "Buy, Buy, Buy" and Stampedes |
KoKo |
Nov-26-11 06:58 PM |
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This reminds me of a movie |
PatrynXX |
Nov-26-11 07:26 PM |
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SHUT IT DOWN! |
ProudToBeBlueInRhody |
Nov-26-11 07:50 PM |
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Zombie consumerism. |
sarcasmo |
Nov-26-11 07:50 PM |
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How many years of de-sensitization have paid off? |
MrMickeysMom |
Nov-26-11 09:03 PM |
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We are like the Chinese now |
Brooklyns_Finest |
Nov-26-11 09:46 PM |
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Yea, us 'mericans are much better |
postatomic |
Nov-26-11 10:18 PM |
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Employees should have at least called 911.... |
MindMover |
Nov-26-11 11:11 PM |
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They did call 911 |
muriel_volestrangler |
Nov-27-11 06:29 AM |
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Sometimes, the thought that I share DNA with the rest of the human race, |
tavalon |
Nov-26-11 11:26 PM |
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I know! |
CoffeeCat |
Nov-27-11 12:02 AM |
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Never fear |
tavalon |
Nov-27-11 05:50 AM |
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The cops weren't concerned. |
BiggJawn |
Nov-26-11 11:33 PM |
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I hope the cops checked his pants for videos! |
CoffeeCat |
Nov-26-11 11:59 PM |
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Good Samaritan side? Well, that side was shopping. Duh! |
AllyCat |
Nov-27-11 12:48 AM |
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Everything in our society encourages greed, greed and more greed. |
Kablooie |
Nov-27-11 02:15 AM |
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Ahh, the holiday season ... |
Fantastic Anarchist |
Nov-27-11 04:05 AM |
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I highly recommend everyone read Plaid Adder's response at #29 |
Pacifist Patriot |
Nov-27-11 06:50 AM |
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Right, because that's what Jesus would do. |
Chimichurri |
Nov-27-11 07:32 AM |
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I have mine. Fuck the rest of you. eom. |
Hotler |
Nov-27-11 08:46 AM |
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Next someone is going to take a submachine gun into Walmart |
leftyladyfrommo |
Nov-27-11 11:45 AM |
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Every year things like this happen on black Friday, and |
Response |
Nov-27-11 12:57 PM |
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Disgusting, the whole entire black Friday bs is so revolting. |
krabigirl |
Nov-27-11 01:04 PM |
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