Neocrisis: Black Friday Kills, literally

SaiyanFury - 404 days 21 hours ago

That is bad. Everybody's obsession to get a deal can be pretty sad at times. Trampling a guy just to save a few bucks. Best wishes to his family, of course chances are they'll never read this.

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shadowghost752 - 404 days 21 hours ago

@ saiyan

i agree people can be animals at times it is pathetic that really that people can resort to such barbaric actions just so they can save money,

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iamtehpwn - 404 days 21 hours ago

to just....watch their step? For christ sake.
A Penny over a soul any day for these people.

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BattleAxe - 404 days 20 hours ago

Only in the good old USA. People get so stupid over saving a few dollars, its ridiculous. If I was the manager of a department store I wouldn't want a "rioting" crowd crashing through the doors causing mayhem all throughout the store like that. People fight over cabbage patch dolls and tickle me elmos.......so stupid.

Its like watching people fight over food rations in Somolia. Like a bunch of animals.

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JBaby343 - 404 days 19 hours ago

Just sickening. I honestly can't bring myself to understand the whole black-friday thing anyway. This is just terrible. Those New Yorkers man. J/K. This kind of thing happens all over the world unfortunately.

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Tomdc - 404 days 18 hours ago

what I think is even more pathetic ithe title to this story...

trying to add a witty title to storys like this is just disrespectful.

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The Killer - 404 days 18 hours ago

but what saddens me more is that this killing is not a big deal to me u know why? because i hear entire families die, women die, pregnant women,women get raped, women lose all their supporters and sometime have to become prostitute just to save their lifes and their children,young teenage girls get raped/killed/sold, old men die, young men die, children die most of the death r from bombing coming from the sky or combing coming from the ground or just being in a place at a bad time! i just met iraqi boy around 18 and he lived in Baghdad and he told me once he was going to the shop to buy some food and on the way he passed by his friends house and few minutes the shop he was going to exploded, if he didnt go to his friend he was a goner!!

all killing with not right reason is bad, and all the people should feel sorry for any killings of innocent even if its not from their country!!

http://www.muslimnews.co.uk...

http://www.projectcensored....

there is really something wrong with this world right now! something must have went wrong long time ago and the past 100 years we r seeing the results!!!

since when there was mass genocides? since when people with different believes started to to do mass genocides on others??
why there is genocides in afrika?in asia? in europe? in america? since when all these killings started? i know that in long history such things happened but it happened very rare, much rare then the last and this century!!

but i think i have the answer to this, it is because of the companies/countries that have trillions of dollars, and i am pointing at the west and firstly america!! america is the leader of the world why they dont stop these things? why even r they contributing with the genocides? did the Babylons/ancient egyp/rome empire/muslims/except with the mongolians(they did one genocide in beghdad and killed 1 million at that time) did what the west r doing now?

the west r the ones leading the world now! and just look at whats happening to the world!! i think atheism and capitalism and Zionism is behind all these genocides!!

to those who disagree please share ur thought with me.

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Wile - 404 days 16 hours ago

what is disrespectful? For decades the friday after thanksgiving has been called black friday and/or boxing day! Are you trying to suggest something?

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lordgodalming - 404 days 14 hours ago

@Wile: I think he was referring to the "kills, literally" part of the title because "kills" can be used to describe really high sales too. I think everyone here can agree that what happened is terrible and sad.

However, if you want to be really upset about someone being inappropriate, go read the first forum post on the actual article. Talk about disrespectful.

@The Killer: I respect that you're trying to bring some thoughtful political discussion into these forums, but your arguments come perilously close to simple propaganda. I mean, "i think atheism and capitalism and Zionism is behind all these genocides!!" Maybe look those things up before you go throwing them around. If you still think they're the reason for genocide in the world, then at least have some detailed arguments to back yourself up.

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SPECTRUX - 404 days 14 hours ago

this is what makes me lose faith in humanity

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cRaZyLeGs 93 - 404 days 4 hours ago

Omg i was lookin at this on youtube yesteray, I thought it was ages ago!

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Kriller - 404 days ago

"One death is a tragedy. A thousand... mere statistics."

The Killer's rant in a single line. Thought I'd save you the trouble.

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SaiyanFury - 403 days 21 hours ago

@ The Killer

There's a lot of reasons that people die. This particular article is to recognize the guy that was killed by mob mentality at this particular Walmart. We all know that there's a lot of wrongs in the world, but please don't bring politics to an article that's merely trying to recognize one, single man.

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Alvadr - 403 days 21 hours ago

Im utterly disgusted by those people. What really gets me is that people will still behaving like animals, trampling through, even though the paramedics were there trying to save his life.

Makes me sick, these people will know who they are and I hope they dont get a good nights sleep again knowing that they contributed to the death of a human being for a discount on a digital camera.

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JBaby343 - 404 days 19 hours ago

You couldn't really prosecute or even arrest anyone mostly because it wasn't a single person and you would have a tough time proving who stepped on him and who didn't not to mention which one actually killed him.

In the end though God will sort everything out but I don't want them to go to hell for it. Christ forgives, so can we.

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CrippleH - 404 days 17 hours ago

Actually they are trying to find who started it and look for evidence on the camera.

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Fanboy Slaughter - 404 days 20 hours ago

To those of you who are disagreeing with this obviously logical statement, please have the balls to explain what's wrong with his statement.

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solsub - 404 days 19 hours ago

Completely agree; you raise some very valid points. Unfortunately, nothing will ever change. People are just as stupid now as they were 1000 years ago. In some ways they're worse. They're part of a big problem that must be eradicated. The question is how...

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JBaby343 - 404 days 19 hours ago

Of an old Peanuts line. I forget who said it but it goes something like, "I love mankind I just can't stand the people."

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SaiyanFury - 403 days 21 hours ago

Well put, DailyAddict, well put. Instead of looking into themselves and apologizing for killing a man, instead people pissing and moaning how long they have to stand in line. I lost my faith in humanity a long time ago. Sad stories like this about human greed doesn't help restore said faith.

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JBaby343 - 404 days 19 hours ago

But the PS3 is worth it! Just kidding man. There is no excuse for this kind of thing. It really is sad these things happen.

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demondoor - 404 days 17 hours ago

take a look at the pictures, explains exactly why he was trampled and why it wouldn’t happen in most other places.

sad that he died though condolences to the family

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R3D - 404 days 19 hours ago

good job presenting the problem, how bout a solution? start up a mass suicide cult that would fix the problem quick and easy. the problem isn't just humans, it is that they are hypocrits. they say one thing and do another and never really have an affiliation to any thing or form of thinking. its good that you can see the problems in others but what have you done to fix them in yourself? Think long and hard and you'll figure out that greed, lust, etc drive mankind because life currently isn't all fun and games, it is survival of the fittest. Our animal instincts possess us and drive us to act in our own favor. How can we lead away from those primal instincts that are seemingly more and more misplaced in our "civilized" society? well there are institutions like the church which if you think about it could be seen as a guide to transcending our current flaws and evolving into a more refined human. yet, more and more people nowadays distrust religion and hate anything that refrains them from doing or seeing what they want, i.e. violence in video games, porn, drugs, because the lure of these primal instincts is too great for most. but also having ultimate bliss on earth where all humans are goody two shoes to each other isn't acceptable by earth standards because there would be overpopulation and scarcity of resources. so where do we draw the line on hating human behavior?

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Fanboy Slaughter - 404 days 18 hours ago

Trust me, I don't think you or anyone else would like the solutions some of us have in mind. We've tried, as a collective, to improve upon ourselves and each other. Quite frankly, playing video games throughout the years has helped make me the person I am today.

Playing games as a kid, always the hero, saving the day, and all that junk, helped me as a child develop a sense of right and wrong, with a good heap of help from my parents, who were both strict yet reasonable at the same time. They always knew where to draw the line, and upheld it when it came time for me to toe the line.

Granted, I know all of humanity's problems aren't black and white, nor are they divided by a fine line, however, this is only one of the millions of examples I have seen throughout my life that has made me have nothing but disgust for some people. People being so heartless as to have no regard for the fact that they may have been involved in taking someone's life, only to give a snide remark and go back to their sick objective of mowing down whoever they have to to get their precious TV.

I for one know what it's like to have someone stolen from you like that, a family member of mine was murdered senselessly 5 years ago, so I can relate to what his family is going through right now. Trust me, that family will NEVER, in their entire lives, be the same.

The main problem is that people in large masses tend to regress back into that primal, instinctual drive that makes them act like this, especially when, like you said, they want something...more or less...survival of the fittest. But this wasn't some life-or-death fight over food, shelter, or family....this was a f**king WAL-MART SALE!!!! This poor guy was just trying to make ends meet for his family, and now they are NEVER going to see him again, and I hope you can see why this outrages some of us who may be a little more empathetic for others.

Believe me. I gave up trying to contribute to the betterment of society as a whole a long time ago. Most of these people out there don't deserve a helping hand, or are in the situation they are because of their own stupidity. I am, however, more than willing to help someone whom I know is capable of helping themselves after a friendly push in the right direction.

But, most people just want heavily discounted crap that their family is just going to fight over when they die.

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R3D - 404 days 16 hours ago

You are totally correct and I agree. I also feel sorry about your family member, just that the point I was trying to bring up is that it is senseless to bring into the discussion, existentialism if you are not sure what you are basing you bias on. "Know the reasons of something before taking a stand."

Commenting on the actual report though, this does make me sick to my stomach. These kinds of things are somewhat commonplace, i.e. concerts, stadiums, riots, shopping sprees, but to know that the people involved actually had the decency and heart to make those remarks, and to continue shopping after knowing what they caused, that is beyond wrong.

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UltimateIdiot911 - 404 days 19 hours ago

The thing is that the Walmart did call the police but the amount of police available was limited and those who did arrive couldn't get through the crowd.

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JonahFalcon - 404 days 19 hours ago

Um, we're talking about PREPARATION - preventing tragedy. Best Buy, for instance, had the same exact 5AM deal, but they had the barricades. They had the preparation. There was no tragedy.

Walmart should have been forced to summon the police *AFTER* the tragedy. There should have been barricades. There should have been security guards and rent-a-cops maintaining order.

There should NEVER have been 2000 people PRESSING ON THE DOORS themselves!

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UltimateIdiot911 - 404 days 19 hours ago

That's true, for the last few black fridays I've been to. My local Best Buy did not have barricade during one year, but the next year it did. Another Best Buy I've to, did not have barricade at all, the entire line was manage by 2-3 Best Buy worker and no cops at all. The rest was left to people acting like people. Sure, there was a$$holes who cut in line, but the line (700+) was able to stay under control with no more than 3 workers and later a total of 8. In store had about another 10 or so later on.

So, I wouldn't blame it entirely on Walmart, the crowd is equally at fault. It's reasons like these people going crazy to save a few dollars, wonder how the human race is still around. We've wipe out so many species from our stupidity already. I also don't believe that everyone is born equal, some are just really all brawn and no brain.

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UltimateIdiot911 - 404 days 19 hours ago

No, it isn't but like Einstein once said "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."

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FantasyStar - 404 days 19 hours ago

I remember that saying, my Physics teacher told us that quote from Einstein when we all failed one of her Chapter tests.

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Gam71 - 404 days 17 hours ago

Thats because not enough watch Grid Iron for it to happen.

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Magic_The_Celt - 404 days 21 hours ago

it makes me sick, just sick to my stomache.

i mean whats gonna happen now? who do they charge? is it murder?

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shadowghost752 - 404 days 20 hours ago

@magic

unfortunately it will probably be just manslaughter as there is a high cahnce that you can't work out which foot actually killed him, they should all go down for murder though

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Eiffel - 404 days 14 hours ago

Thats pretty f*cked up.

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