Black Friday…

I’m sitting in my living room watching tv on this long holiday weekend and I’m beginning to get very bored.  I’ve played with the boys, watched movies, sat by the fire talking to my wife, and ate way too much food over the past 3 days.  I need to work!  Despite my boredom I refuse to venture to the mall like so many others.  Partly because money is extra tight this year and we have to wait a bit to buy our presents, but mostly because it’s my little way of protesting retail america.  Over the past several years I’ve become increasingly sickened by the way people act in their attempts to get that great “deal”.  People die every year as a result of being crushed, pressed against or even stampeded inside our retail stores.  Well, today I read a blog that I happen to follow fairly regularly and came across some very thought-provoking comments.  I’ve attached the link to Eugene Cho’s blog and I would like to know your thoughts on this.  Do you agree with his friend that this “buy nothing day” is for white people with a guilty concience?  What about the idea of the “enlightened evangelicals”?  I think this is a conversation worth entering…

http://eugenecho.wordpress.com/2007/11/24/reservations-about-buy-nothing-day/#more-546

Peace and Love

Rex