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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWalmart is ground zero for Black Friday violence
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"Capitalism is dangerous. I don't mean that in the Karl Marx kind of wayno, I mean that sometimes so many people try to buy Playstation Vitas at once that they end up crushing each other in a frenzy of unfulfillable desire."
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Walmart is ground zero for Black Friday violence (Original Post)
swarmster
Nov 2014
OP
Our police department parked an out of commission cruiser at Walmart last year
Brother Buzz
Nov 2014
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el_bryanto
(11,804 posts)1. I'll be staying home that day. Maybe going to the park.
The deals might be good but the madness associated is maddening.
Bryant
Brother Buzz
(36,434 posts)2. Our police department parked an out of commission cruiser at Walmart last year
I suspect they will do the same this year
Travis_0004
(5,417 posts)3. Walmart has taken steps to make it safer
They now have unlimited doorbusters on popular items. If an item sells out you can pay for it and get a raincheck.
I think last year was the first year they did it, and Im glad to see they are doing it again.
nichomachus
(12,754 posts)4. Black Friday violence = Thinning the herd nt
longship
(40,416 posts)5. Possibly many Darwin Awards.
Hopefully not, but one should never underestimate the intellectual power of the US citizenry.
People killing other people over Cabbage Patch Kids.