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Black Friday trampling - WTF?

mannybolonemannybolone Los Angeles, CA 15,025 Posts
edited November 2008 in Strut Central
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  • shooteralishooterali 1,591 Posts
    Every year during Black Friday something like this occurs. Very sad actually.
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    And it wasn't at Macy's, it was at a Wal-Mart.b, 21b, 21Here I was thinking this was going to be some parody in the Onion...
  • dayday 9,611 Posts
    CNN just reported 2 people shot and killed this morning at the Toys R Us we take our kids to.b, 21b, 21a href="http://www.kesq.com/global/story.asp?s=9427148" target="_blank"1http://www.kesq.com/global/story.asp?s=9427148/a1
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    a href=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/29/business/29walmart.html?_r=11"Wal-Mart Employee Trampled to Death by Customers"
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    font class="post"1b, 21b, 21This happened 20 minutes from my house. Local news reported that the crowds were pushing so hard against the doors that the metal frames were bent. b, 21b, 21My mom told me earlier about this, and added "they had to close the store!". She's funny like that.
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    b, 21"they had to close the store!"
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    font class="post"1b, 21b, 21Now there's the real tragedy. img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/WHYMUSTICRY.gif" alt="" 21
  • waxjunkywaxjunky 1,849 Posts
    So, should Wal-Mart be held liable for encouraging people to line up outside the store?
  • marumaru 1,450 Posts
    shit like this is just infuriating. what the F*ck is wrong with people?
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    b, 21shit like this is just infuriating. what the F*ck is wrong with people?
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    font class="post"1b, 21b, 21It's damn depressing. Infinitely removed from the so-called holiday spirit. Walking over a dead body to get to a flat screen.
  • kubkub 46 Posts
    consume!consume!consume!b, 21b, 21b, 21p.s.: that's an order img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" 21
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    font class="post"1b, 21b, 21As it turned out, they reopened the place a short time later. b, 21b, 21On the news last night it said people were pushing police out of the way WHILE THEY WERE PERFORMING CPR.
  • mannybolonemannybolone Los Angeles, CA 15,025 Posts
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    b, 21So, should Wal-Mart be held liable for encouraging people to line up outside the store?
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    font class="post"1b, 21b, 21The liability is more likely to be around a failure to provide adequate security. b, 21b, 21By the way, this thing is already taking on racial dimensions (some are suggesting the majority of the crowd was Black, which I haven't found reliable confirmation of but the rumors are out there). b, 21b, 21So much for a post-racial America!
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    b, 21The liability is more likely to be around a failure to provide adequate security.
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    b, 21By the way, this thing is already taking on racial dimensions (some are suggesting the majority of the crowd was Black, which I haven't found reliable confirmation of but the rumors are out there).
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    b, 21So much for a post-racial America!
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    b, 21The liability is more likely to be around a failure to provide adequate security.
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    b, 21By the way, this thing is already taking on racial dimensions (some are suggesting the majority of the crowd was Black, which I haven't found reliable confirmation of but the rumors are out there).
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    b, 21So much for a post-racial America!
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    font class="post"1b, 21b, 21b, 21Green Acres mall isn't the most upscale shopping experience available on Long Island. They are right on the Queens border and attract a lower income clientele. I'm trying to be somewhat politically correct, but the truth is that Green Acres is a shithole and more commonly referred to as Black Acres. There were several other early morning Black Friday sales available that day, a couple of other WalMarts too, and I would lay money down as to where the white people were and where the black people were. That's how Long Island is, I doubt we're alone in that either.
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    b, 21Green Acres mall isn't the most upscale shopping experience available on Long Island. They are right on the Queens border and attract a lower income clientele. I'm trying to be somewhat politically correct, but the truth is that Green Acres is a shithole and more commonly referred to as Black Acres. There were several other early morning Black Friday sales available that day, a couple of other WalMarts too, and I would lay money down as to where the white people were and where the black people were. That's how Long Island is, I doubt we're alone in that either.
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    font class="post"1b, 21b, 21We celebrate Brown Friday.
  • DJ_EnkiDJ_Enki 6,473 Posts
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    b, 21The liability is more likely to be around a failure to provide adequate security.
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    b, 21By the way, this thing is already taking on racial dimensions (some are suggesting the majority of the crowd was Black, which I haven't found reliable confirmation of but the rumors are out there).
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    b, 21So much for a post-racial America!
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    font class="post"1b, 21b, 21The preferred euphemism is "inner-city liberals."
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    b, 21By the way, this thing is already taking on racial dimensions (some are suggesting the majority of the crowd was Black, which I haven't found reliable confirmation of but the rumors are out there).
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    b, 21So much for a post-racial America!
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    b, 21Green Acres mall isn't the most upscale shopping experience available on Long Island. They are right on the Queens border and attract a lower income clientele. I'm trying to be somewhat politically correct, but the truth is that Green Acres is a shithole and more commonly referred to as Black Acres. There were several other early morning Black Friday sales available that day, a couple of other WalMarts too, and I would lay money down as to where the white people were and where the black people were. That's how Long Island is, I doubt we're alone in that either.
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    font class="post"1b, 21b, 21Sween,b, 21 As a kid in Brooklyn a trip to Green Acres was a big deal....was the first "Shopping Center" in the area and when it was new it was pretty upscale for the day. 40+ years later I can only imagine the shithole it has become.b, 21b, 21 So black folks are idiots too and did their best Who Concert imitation trying to save $100 bucks on an X-Box....what's "racial" or shocking about that??
  • Ex-BoyfriendEx-Boyfriend 795 Posts
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    font class="post"1b, 21b, 21There has been a misunderstanding here. They were actually filming 'Jingle all the way 2: buy harder"b, 21b, 21img src="http://mimg.sulekha.com/arnold-schwarzenegger/stills/Arnold Schwarzenegger33.jpg"1
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    b, 21There has been a misunderstanding here. They were actually filming 'Jingle all the way 2: buy harder"
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    font class="post"1b, 21b, 21You should start adding this to all your posts:b, 21b, 21object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0" width="335" height="28" id="divplaylist"1param name="movie" value="http://www.divshare.com/flash/playlist?myId=5966405-577" 21embed src="http://www.divshare.com/flash/playlist?myId=5966405-577" width="335" height="28" name="divplaylist" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"1/embed1/object1b, 21b, 21That way, people can tell you are supposed to be funny.
  • SoulOnIceSoulOnIce 13,027 Posts
    you fucking tool.
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  • GnarliamentGnarliament 375 Posts
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    b, 21By the way, this thing is already taking on racial dimensions (some are suggesting the majority of the crowd was Black, which I haven't found reliable confirmation of but the rumors are out there).
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    b, 21Green Acres mall isn't the most upscale shopping experience available on Long Island. They are right on the Queens border and attract a lower income clientele. I'm trying to be somewhat politically correct, but the truth is that Green Acres is a shithole and more commonly referred to as Black Acres. There were several other early morning Black Friday sales available that day, a couple of other WalMarts too, and I would lay money down as to where the white people were and where the black people were. That's how Long Island is, I doubt we're alone in that either.
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    b, 21 So black folks are idiots too and did their best Who Concert imitation trying to save $100 bucks on an X-Box....what's "racial" or shocking about that??
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    font class="post"1b, 21b, 21b, 21I don't know, I guess I'm missing something in the coverage of the story.
  • edith headedith head 5,106 Posts
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    b, 21Every year during Black Friday something like this occurs.
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    font class="post"1b, 21b, 21i can't imagine dying in a way where the last thing i see is my hand reaching for something i intend to purchase.
  • phongonephongone 1,652 Posts
    Ay yo, on a somewhat related note, my wife and I were at the luxury outlet stores in Cabazon near Palm Springs. I swear that 85% of the shoppers were Chinese...not Chinese American, but straight up mainland Chinese. They were lined up at all the expensive stores like Gucci, Burberry, Prada, etc. I'm glad that they're keeping the wheels of the economy moving, but damn!
  • The_Hook_UpThe_Hook_Up 8,182 Posts
    maniacal idiots killing someone for the opportunity to give wal mart their money for some plastic bullshit...beyond sad, beyond pathtetic, beyond animal....
  • mannybolonemannybolone Los Angeles, CA 15,025 Posts
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    b, 21i can't imagine dying in a way where the last thing i see is my hand reaching for something i intend to purchase.
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    font class="post"1b, 21b, 21I don't think this is actually true if by "something like this" you mean someone gets trampled. b, 21b, 21People act the fool but this is one of the first times I think there's actually been a death involved.
  • eliseelise 3,252 Posts
    I dunno--I thought I heard the same thing happened (or at least similar) at Macys last year?
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    b, 21I dunno--I thought I heard the same thing happened (or at least similar) at Macys last year?
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    font class="post"1b, 21b, 21Link? I looked and saw nada.b, 21b, 21I think it says a lot that we THINK it's happened before but seriously, I think this is highly unusual in the U.S.
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    b, 21I think it says a lot that we THINK it's happened before but seriously, I think this is highly unusual in the U.S.
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    font class="post"1b, 21b, 21yeah, Im looking and can't find it anywhere. I could have sworn that maybe something happens like this almost every year, well, at least the past 5 years?b, 21b, 21I dunno, I feel like I've heard it on the news before. Hm.
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