[Vision2020] Wal-Mart a friend to those on a limited budget....

[joekc at adelphia.net]

I have no desire to "dictate where you shop" or where anyone else shops, for that matter. I am merely trying to persuade people in the very same way that you are: by writing about my own opinions on the subject and asking them to make up their own minds. I'm more than willing to live with the consequences.

Do you disagree that human rights are more important than low cost? Do you think that Wal-Mart is not guilty of human rights violations?

Best, Joe Campbell

---- "g. crabtree" <jampot at adelphia.net> wrote: 

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How lovely. Mr. Campbell, in his enthusiasm to promote "human rights" would 
not only like to dictate where you shop but also what you shop for. I sure 
hope that you have the "Campbell Approved" number of autos, TV's, and CD's. 
Perhaps Joe could publish a list with the correct numbers for each income 
group for us to check ourselves off against. This promises to be more fun 
than Joan's "How Much of a Meddlesome Lefty Are You?" quiz. Number of CD's 
for a $35,000.00 income and the correct answer is...50? No, I'm sorry. 
Reeducation camp for you, ya exploitive oppressor! Man, I can hardly wait. 
It's a new day dawning in good old Moscow.

gc
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <joekc at adelphia.net>
To: <ToeKneeTime at aol.com>
Cc: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 11:04 AM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Wal-Mart a friend to those on a limited budget....


> I'm a working father of 1, Tony. I like low prices as much as the next guy 
> but I'd rather find other ways to make ends meet. How many cars do you 
> own? How many TV sets? How many CDs? There are lots of ways to save money 
> other than to shop at a places that offer low prices by exploiting others.
>
> And this has nothing to do with left vs. right. Free enterprise should 
> never trump human rights. "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that 
> all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with 
> certain unalienable Rights, that among thgese are Life, Liberty and the 
> pursuit of Happiness." I don't see any exceptions here for Chinese 
> laborers, minimum wage cashiers, or union truck drivers. I'm just trying 
> to live in accordance with the relatively conservative ideas of our 
> forefathers (and foremothers). I'm not a communist. Free enterprise is 
> fine but human rights are the true bottom line.
>
> Of course, Wal-Mart is not the only guilty party but we have to start 
> somewhere, right?
>
> Best,
> Joe Campbell
>
> Tony wrote:
>
> As a working father of 3, I find Wal-Mart's prices and selection to be 
> very
> helpful in making ends meet. I've talked to a number of people who work 
> there
> and they seem to think it a good place to be...  I wonder if the local 
> furor
> isn't more a sign of the left's distaste for free enterprise in  general 
> more
> than anything Wal-Mart has done.
>
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