So what does have me back and pissed off to no end? How about the fact that a 34 year old man lost his life so some jerk could cop a flat panel for a few hundred dollars below the retail price!!!! What the f*@K!!! So now you have your trophy piece while this man's family mourns his loss? I'm so angered by this. When does the attainment of a thing outweigh the necessity for exercising common decency, order and outright common sense? This behavior does not end or begin with this incident.
Why do we allow ourselves to be caught up in the allure of advertisements and media hype? We have to have to newest of the new because they tell us to? We have to freak out and pull out her hair because the economy is in the toilet? If we're not the richest of the rich, then how can we make it? We measure our status by the quantity of things we have gained in our lives instead of the quality of life that we lead. I've always tried to maintain a non-judgmental voice when it comes to this blog but I feel like we need to wake up! Is it wrong to want to save money and get a good bargain? Come on now... not at all. But something is wrong when we allow ourselves to get caught up in behavior that serves to destroy instead of build up. Let's not be be sheep.
I don't know how effective this message will be because no one who would swarm into a store and trample a man to death for a $4 hand mixer would probably read this blog anyway!
My heart and prayers go out to the family of Jdimytai Damour. Say his name... and remember it. He was someone's child, someone's future, someone's memories...
