As far as I can see, you're pretty much stuck. If you live in a
place where Walmart is the only place to buy stuff, you buy stuff
there. In the town next to my uncle's farm, for example, there are
no grocery stores or clothing stores, so everyone goes to Walmart, 30
miles away. Many of us do have more choices. (In the suburban
Maryland area, we are overbuilt in retail space; for example, there
are six different kinds of grocery store within five miles of where I
live. So you can shop for the degree of social consciousness of your
grocery store, as well as the kind of food they have! But not
everybody has this kind of luxury of choices....)
At least Walmart has been more amenable to pressure in recent years
than some other organizations and has mended some of its ways. If
you don't like something they are doing, you can tell them about it;
if enough people do likewise, you may get results. An organization
as large as Walmart can do a lot of damage; but, turned around, it
has the potential to do much good.
--Constance Warner
On Nov 3, 2009, at 3:43 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote:
Than where do I shop?
The local Walmart supports all the community activities there are[,
plus gives back thousands and thousands of dollars to our community.
Plus they employee a large number of folks from the community.
Don't support the one business in town that gives a huge amount
back to the town?
I also happen to know the local manager and serve with him in a
local community club. Finer individual you cannot find anywhere.
Stewart
At 09:30 AM 11/3/2009, you wrote:
But shopping at Wal-Mart is a choice.
If you are aware of the history and are a socially responsible and
moral being, not shopping at Wal-Mart is a choice you can easily
make.
It's easier to avoid the evil we can see.
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