Consumer Mania Kills...Literally

***Add on from yesterday: "Other workers were trampled as they tried to rescue the man, and customers stepped over him and became irate when officials said the store was closing because of the death, police and witnesses said." ~ The Associated Press

So, not only did these people kill the man, but they were then upset that the store had to be closed as a result... what's wrong with people?
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Black Friday claims a life.

Today in New York a Wal-Mart worker was trampled to his death by idiot consumers.

People literally just kept running over his body.

And why?

Because they wanted to get some items on sale. Items that probably were not even necessities.

What a sad and pointless way to die... working at Wal-mart being killed by your own customers who are, essentially, border-line insane.

I hope that the security tapes pick out as many of those who trampled him to death as possible and that they are prosecuted, at the very least, for involuntary manslaughter or negligent homicide.

Additionally, a woman who was 8-months pregnant was taken to the hospital as she was dumb enough to partake in the Black Friday rush and nearly miscarried.

Surviving the "Holidays": An Atheist's Lament

I recently had a discussion with people about the so-called "Holiday Season" that we are already beginning to be inundated in.

As an atheist, I see Christmas as more evidence that many (NOTE: not all) religious people do not know what they truly believe, much less what they are doing, or how to THINK rationally about what they are saying and doing.

Christmas was supposed to be about the virgin birth of an alleged "Savior" who actually is "god," in human form coming to die for our sins, that we committed against him... so I guess he's apologizing to himself for our sins offending him (so it's already unbelievable).

Anyway.... we somehow get Santa, evergreen trees being cut down and pulled indoors, another plant hanging from the ceiling to prompt kissing, lights being put on the outside of houses, and ridiculous consumer overspending on items that usually aren't deemed to be "necessities."

The phrases like..."buy now and save" do not make any sense either. Think about it... "buy now and save"... or "don't buy it at all because you don't need it and save all of your money that you would have otherwise wasted."

Religious holidays do not make sense and neither do the commercials that accompany them... yet people gobble this crap up like its crack.

Christmas= Santa and overspending

Easter= candy, hiding eggs, and bunnies?

Semi-secular Thanksgiving (initially was thanking "God" for good harvests, even though the people had done all the work) = Parades, Football, Overeating, and of course, Black Friday (consumer mania, once again, usually for non-necessities).

So what's my point?

"WHY are YOU ATTACKING religion!?!?"

"Why can't you just let people be happy?"

"Why can't you just enjoy the holidays like everyone else?"

- Why? - Because its all made up, pointless, and frankly, it insults my intelligence.

I'm pointing out how none of this makes sense and how our country is filled with consumers rather than thinkers. Do people even know why they do what they do? Do people even have the capability to stop, think, and rationalize their holiday-related actions?

I wish they did.

Feel free to hate on me.