I think the Rev's point was that while Walmart practices are bad and uncool, they don't rise to the level of evil. The word itself is overused to describe everyrthing not liked. Boy, Pol Pot was evil. Boy, Walmart is evil. We have a couple generations of young adults and kids who will say, yeah walmart is evil...what is a Pol Pot? They have no perspective on evil.
On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 8:25 AM, Constance Warner <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, Walmart management did lock people in their stores and force them to > work without pay. (I'm not making this up, unfortunately; it's well > substantiated in court cases.) This is far short of killing fields, but it > isn't cool. > > And just because something doesn't kill you outright doesn't mean that it > is essentially harmless. Walmart is justly famous for killing off small > town business districts and wiping out local small-business entrepreneurs. > And their policy of demanding the lowest possible price from their > suppliers is a big factor in exporting jobs from the U.S. to China. > > As a lot more people are now finding out, your chances of getting the > necessities of life--including a place to sleep indoors, and medical care > when you need it--are just not that good if you don't have a job or a viable > small business. (OK, maybe you can make it to the emergency room if you > have a medical crisis, but often it's far too late by the time you get > there.) > > --Constance Warner > > Walmart concentration camps? The killing fields at walmart? >> >> On Nov 2, 2009 6:42 PM, "tjpa" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Nov 2, 2009, at 8:12 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: > > Many things >> can >> be called evil, but it ... >> >> Or it could be that you just don't know much about the history of Walmart. >> ************************************************************************* >> ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** >> ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** >> ************************************************************************* >> > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
