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Black Friday has a new meaning for some!
Click to view JamesAmerson's profile Posted by: JamesAmerson // 1 month ago // viewed 891 times
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I couldn't believe it when I heard the news about the poor soul that got run-down in a stampede at the Wal-Mart in New York the morning after Thanksgiving, our cherished "Black Friday", a new part of how we celebrate our religious beliefs. What has happened to our society!? It seems that some of us have lost their minds! There were so many people rushing the doors of that store, that they couldn't tell who was at fault of that death. I hope the people who worked themselves up in such frenzy, really think about what they did during this holiday season. A season that celebrates the birth of Jesus, a religious belief that causes countries to go to war, and a holiday that is meant to spread love and cheer. How much love and cheer do you think the family of that employee of Wal-Mart is sharing today? Where do we, as a collective group, put our foot down? How can we continue to be oblivious of how we celebrate our traditions? Someone died for the sake of a" good deal!" Do you think the people that took the life of that employee are aware of what they did? Do you think that the money they spent on their gifts will be appreciated and cherished by the person they give them to? Do you think that they will they cherish those gifts as much as the lost love of that person they stomped the life out of!? Or do you think that the gifts will be brought back to the store for an exchange? How that must honor the death of an innocent person? Ohhhh, how Jesus must feel, how proud it must make him, knowing that in his name sake, this has become the way we celebrate his birth, people being crushed to death on "Black Friday!" When will our society learn the real meaning of Christmas? I can tell you, IT'S NOT AT THE MALL!!!!!!!!!!! PEOPLE, WAKE UP AND REALIZE WHAT IT IS THAT YOU'RE DOING!!!! STOP AND USE THE GIFT THAT GOD GAVE YOU, COMMON SINCE! JUST STOP AND THINK ABOUT WHAT IT IS THAT YOU ARE DOING!!!!! Wal-Mart should be ashamed as well, I blame them as much as I blame the ignorant people that did this horrible thing. This is largely part of Corporate America that we are in this crap!! People, just stop it!
In response to assignment: Your presents: One to keep, one to return
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