On Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:04:00 -0800, Chambers wrote:

> With all due respect, I'm well aware of the realities of business.  I
> was offering that paragraph as an explanation for my non-US friends who
> might not know what "Black Friday" is.

I also know a thing or two about retail business, and most retail 
businesses, if they operated this way, would be out of business.

> Did you even read the rest of my post?  If I'm pissed off and depressed
> about rampant consumerism leading to the *deaths* of innocent people, do
> you think I effing care about details like what kind of profit margin
> retailers normally take in?

I agree, though, that this is the more appalling part of the story.  
However, that said, the reports I saw confirmed that the pregnant lady 
did not miscarry, that this was misreported in earlier reports.

The shooting at Toys R Us was reported to be gang-related and not related 
to shopping, confirmed by several eyewitnesses.

Jim

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