Several shot on Black Friday<\/a>, one of which was over a parking space. \u00a0This doesn\u2019t include the brainless mobs rioting and \u00a0pushing and assaulting for the latest digital device or worthless trinket, most of which are purchased for themselves rather than others. \u00a0I mean, really? \u00a0The good news is that I know of few religious traditions, liberal, conservative or otherwise that are condoning this shameful madness. \u00a0After all, if we\u2019re going to complain and criticize people for rioting over a presidential election, \u00a0then I\u2019d say doing so for a 50% off sale pretty much negates our moral high ground. \u00a0It just goes to show what I tell people when I teach history: there\u2019s little difference between people overall, whether now, 5000 years ago, or 5000 years from now. \u00a0And I have no doubt that people in centuries to come will shake their heads at us for displays like this in a way similar to how we so condescendingly shake our heads when we look back at witch burnings or leechcraft.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Several shot on Black Friday, one of which was over a parking space. \u00a0This doesn\u2019t include the brainless mobs rioting and \u00a0pushing and assaulting for the latest digital device or worthless trinket, most of which are purchased for themselves rather than others. \u00a0I mean, really? \u00a0The good news is that I know of few religious […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2805,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,27,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-post-modern-values","category-social-observations","category-the-decline-and-fall-of-the-american-dream"],"yoast_head":"\n
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