Re: Walmart flak Andy Young joins the Gibson-Allen brigade
On Aug 18, 2006, at 10:04 AM, Robert Naiman wrote:
Nice apology. Sorry, I should have said, In Atlanta, the Jews, the Koreans and the Arabs rip us off. Actually, I was just refering to my neighborhood.
Mel Gibson, George Allen, Andrew Young. Every other day, it seems, another establishment bozo shoots himself with public racism. Is it a sign of the end times? It’s enough to make one look forward to waking up in the morning. Who’s next?
Young’s remarks were stupid, but they obscured a valid point - poor
people pay small businesses enormous markups at retail, and Wal-Mart
offers some relief from that. Of course, WMT’s employment practices
suck, but if you’re a poor person, you might welcome some alternative
to the petit bourgeois on the corner.
Doug