tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10214458.post4293816692862185786..comments2024-03-27T13:10:17.362-07:00Comments on The Luna Park Gazette: ‘Send Us Your Horror Stories’Rob Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04741955202727936194noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10214458.post-90665034973759203712012-12-07T20:09:39.379-08:002012-12-07T20:09:39.379-08:00Unfortunately we have a huge supply of super-charg...Unfortunately we have a huge supply of super-charged idiots...Rob Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04741955202727936194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10214458.post-45356287418673352382012-12-07T09:09:28.222-08:002012-12-07T09:09:28.222-08:00Before the tragic incident at the Long Island Walm...Before the tragic incident at the Long Island Walmart several years ago, the term "door-buster" was not used. And here is where it gets extremely difficult for any feeling human being to comprehend: that particular sale was not referred to as a door-buster. The term evolved AFTER this horrific event where the doors were TAKEN OFF THEIR HINGES, and this unfortunate security guard was trampled by a mob of mindless people. So. The term we use today, four or five years after that heinous day, glorifies the tragic death of an innocent human being. It's very difficult to compartmentalize this and listen to radio announcers cheerfully describing an upcoming door-busting sales event. I know many, many others must have been haunted by this particular death because of the callous, unthinking actions of a group of people who somehow forgot they belong to the human race in order to save ten bucks. I don't blame greed for this. The term greed is often used (but not always) when people make mindless decisions. There is a percentage of people who will camp out in a dark parking lot at three in the morning on Black Friday in order to save some money. There's a smaller percentage who will engage in actual pushing, shoving and mob mentality, rationalizing that "it's all part of the holiday fun". Then there is a much smaller percentage who will actually get aggressive enough to take doors off of the hinges and lead a mob to trample someone to death to get to the sale on Xmas sweatshirts. Unfortunately, if you are a much less aggressive person, but are already caught up in the crowd, it's too late to do much about it, isn't it? This is why I refuse to camp out in the middle of the night in a parking lot waiting for doors to open. It's already an atmosphere rife with possibility that only takes a couple of super-charged idiots to influence a slightly less aggressive group to become mad cows, who in turn have the potential to intimidate and influence an entire crowd. It's not the devil - it's simply math - and a little common sense can work wonders in many a given situation. Jo Anne Farrellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10214458.post-79355031435825052542012-11-24T16:51:51.184-08:002012-11-24T16:51:51.184-08:00Yes, we live in such strange times.Yes, we live in such strange times.Rob Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04741955202727936194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10214458.post-50167106635362597152012-11-24T15:41:49.756-08:002012-11-24T15:41:49.756-08:00It's because people are so lost! People hope ...It's because people are so lost! People hope to find happiness in "things". They're trying to fill a hole in their soul that they don't even know they have. And the serial killer has the same hole, it's just much bigger and darker and the edges are more jagged.Marilynnoreply@blogger.com