Nov 29 2008
WTF??
Sometimes I really don’t get people. Really, really, don’t get people.
I know what it’s like to try and get a hot item, to drive from store to store, to get up early, stand in lines, the whole thing. I’ve even done the whole standing in line to see the opening showing a movie. NEVER have I felt the need to brutally injure another person.
People tend to (wrongly) think geeks are obsessed, social inept, and totally self absorbed. I doubt the people involved in this incident would have labelled themselves geeks, but they fit those characteristics perfectly.
Any time we forget our humanity we literately become animals, and that’s just what happened yesterday. If somehow you’ve missed this story, here’s the gist. Crowds were lining up outside a New York Wal-Mart, waiting for the super sales that are Black Friday. The crowd got rowdy and broke through the door, knocking over a worker. The crowd then proceeded to trample the man to death. Literately. He was pronounced dead an hour later. Four others were taken to hospital, including a pregnant woman, and others were injured. Other employees tried to help the fallen man but could not reach him for the chaotic crowd.
Disgusting.
Read the full article here on ABC news
