Man Trampled at Walmart on Black Friday

This Friday a man was trampled and killed by Walmart shoppers. It was said that people were pushed out of the way while they were trying to help the person being crushed by the crowd. I'm so disgusted by our society, so ashamed at the selfish acts of personal gain and greed, and so ashamed at the unconscious behavior. How could this happen? What on earth have we become? What was going on in the minds of the people at this horrific scene? We've decided that a $49 DVD player is more important than the welfare of our brothers and sisters. That our own personal and financial gain is bigger than precious life itself.

If you look at the people who attend the typical Black Friday sale, who show up at 4:00am to snatch up these products with their greedy little hands; you'll notice that they usually fit the same mold or stereotype. What's amazing is that I am watching a news cast right now and you should see the greedy little grins on the faces of the people rushing through the doors of Walmart. Despicable. Anyone who gets up at 4:00am to go to Walmart the day after Thanksgiving is probably experiencing a lot of problems in their life. They could be a little misguided or confused as to what's really important. Scoring a hot deal on a $49 DVD player should be the last thing on their minds. Maybe getting job or finding their compassionate side should be at the top of their minds. Now I know what you are going to say...."How could you stereotype people that shop at Walmart?" or "How could you say that about unemployed people, maybe they don't want to be unemployed?". Maybe most them are not bad people and maybe most of them don't want to be unemployed. But then again maybe some of them are victims of their own bad decisions and behaviors, like stomping on someone laying on the ground.

I haven't even started on the woman that created a fake person on Myspace and caused that poor young girl to kill herself. Oh my god, I can't believe the pain that we cause ourselves on this planet. I think we need to realign ourselves as a society, time to get our priorities in order. I hope we can use the Christmas Season to inspire our compassionate and emotional side