Posted by hawat.thufir@gmail.com on 11/15/86 11:25

Not A Speck Of Cereal wrote:
....
> You're shooting yourself in the foot.
>
> Wal-mart represents the homogenization of selection and true value
> (not low price). You're trading knowledge and diversity for
> convenience. You perceive that you're saving money, and you are in the
> base sense, but you're trading it for quality and expertise. You have
> become the perfect consumer.
>
> I'm not a curmudgeon or luddite--I work in the high-tech sector--but I
> despise the demise of the specialist. These are the days of the
> teen-age staffed super-marts, and I hate it. But I know that there's
> no stopping it. Aw well...
>
....

Regretfully agreed.

If "buying from Wal-Mart, in particular, means supporting a corrupt,
giant company...," as Joel Crump maintains, how is buying from Apple
any better? Apple isn't giant and isn't corrupt, presumably, therefore
it's "ok" for Apple to sell music but not for Wal-Mart? Interesting
argument. Apple is like the warm and fuzzy Wal-Mart, so Apple, inc are
the good guys.



-Thufir

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