Completely Disgusted

Alright, I don't like to rant very often, but I think this one deserves it. I just read a very distressing news article which describes how a man was trampled to death right after a wal-mart store opened yesterday morning. Apparently, he was knocked down, and the throngs of people didnt seem to care and continued to mob their way into the store. When it was made known that a man was in danger, officials tried to close the store, but the mobs became irate, refused to stop, and kept flooding in.

How corrupt are we as a society when a man's life means less then grabbing an item on sale? Even if the mob didnt know what was going on at the time, they should have stopped when the loudspeakers were telling them to stop because a man was being trampled. Not only is that corrupt, but to make matters worse, this mob was trampling employees who were attempting to save the man. Here's the link I have for the article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081129/ap_on_re_us/wal_mart_death;_ylt=Av9pEqtukHohEWY0Hrh2yOkDW7oF

This isn't just a problem in New York that no one needs to worry about way over here. How many of us rushed into a store the second the doors opened on black Friday? Not everyone is guilty, and I do not intend to target any specfic individuals. I mean to write this to whoever may come across my blog. All I can say is that I am deeply disgusted with how our society values their "things" over the people around them. Today, I am no where near proud to be an American.