Not Simply Another Crime Scene Report
Dana Garrett digs into the meaning of the “Black Friday” trampling in a matter of fact way that shines a spot light on our collective culpability.
They didn’t stop to help him. That is the significant point. They acted as morally irresponsible as the people who trampled the victim. In fact, they did something more. By stepping over Damour, by failing to help him, they acted as if there was no victim, no one who needed help.
REad the whole thing. It is the best blogging on this event that I’ve read.
I agree there’s a lot of culpability to go around in this story. The people who trampled the employee, the ones who didn’t stop to help, WalMart for failing to provide proper security and our culture of consumerism. This economic downturn is terrible, and a lot of people are suffering. I just hope that we can take a lesson from this downturn, and make a correction to the culture of greed and me-firstism that exists. This story proves that we still have a long way to go.
A mad stampede trampling a man to death to by shit made in China. Oh god what have we all become?