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[lykomancer]

34 year-old Wal-Mart employee was trampled to death this morning by frenzied shoppers.




...when Ed read this to me, I asked if he was kidding.

When I realized he wasn't, I cradled my head in my hands and cried.


I don't have words enough to express my grief and anger and shame.


I told Ed the other day that I thought that the Catholics got the symbolism right, using a bloody crucifix instead of an empty cross. Jesus still suffers. Jesus dies every day, every minute-- starvation and war, murder and overdose and car accidents. Jesus is raped and beaten. Jesus is pepper-sprayed by the cops and shot for being black.

Jesus gets trampled to death by people who need to get their goddamned X-Boxes to celebrate His birthday.



Please help me pass this forward. Please share my horror and hurt. I can't bear this alone.



Jesus began to weep. - John 11:35, NRSV.

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Now I really want to see one of those heartwarming family specials where the hero/ine goes on a quest to "save christmas"... only this time by sabotaging every retail establishment in the country.

The Charlie Brown Xmas special was way ahead of its time.