Comments on: Morning Metro: Selig and Walmart in Athens, Atlanta’s Predicted ‘Burb Growth, and a Sunday Beer Line

By: brianc

brianc — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 18:53:41 +0000

I’m sorry my comment makes you sad, but the sight of people lined up at all hours to buy stuff they don’t need makes me sad. I freely admit to prejudging such people as idiots because their behavior falls under the Forrest Gump dictum of “stupid is as stupid does.” If it’s for a “lark,” then that does not make it any less stupid. If it’s because of affordability, then perhaps some priorities are out of whack if this is how that problem is addressed. My parents, who were far from well-off, loved me and cared for me, but they never would have done such a thing in order to buy me stuff; not only because of their own sense of priorities, but because of the poor example it would have set for me.

By: Knitter

Knitter — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 01:31:07 +0000

There’s already a Wal-Mart in Athens.

By: DogKisser

DogKisser — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 01:27:15 +0000

Ouch! I happen to know that some of those” idiots” camp out at Walmart partly for a lark but mostly to buy Xmas gifts they can’t otherwise afford. Your remark makes me sad.

By: iheartnelliebelle

iheartnelliebelle — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 23:59:46 +0000

I agree!

By: Gladys

Gladys — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 23:55:33 +0000

The link to Kessler’s piece gets the Fugees again. Sigh.