How much would you say that your life is worth? What about your father’s or mother’s life? Your friend’s life? How much is life worth to you?

Black Friday is usually a festive and fun time when consumers can garner valuable gifts for less than half the price. It is a wonderful day for Bargain Hunters.  However, what the media is calling, “The Crush of Humanity,” on Black Friday was not an act of humanity, but an act of murder.

In what can be no less ruthless than hunting down a friends personal animal to mount as a trophy on a wall, Jdimytai Damour is dead because of bargain hunter’s greed and need to mount their trophy under their Christmas tree. Merry Christmas!

I have spent my life from childhood to adult looking for bargains, but I have never been ashamed of being a bargain hunter until now.

A man, maybe a father, certainly a son and maybe a brother is dead as a result of greed.  Greed for an additional 10% off or 20% off has cost a man his life and a family their loved one. Was the $5 or $10 these shoppers spent on an item that may normally retail for $39.95 worth the cost?

The shoppers, who according to the AP Wire, ““When they were saying they had to leave, that an employee got killed, people were yelling, ‘I’ve been on line since yesterday morning,’ ” Ms. Cribbs told The Associated Press. “They kept shopping.” sicken me.

It was even reported by the AP wire that the shoppers were jostling the officers who were the first to attempt to revive Jdimytai Damour at the scene. Now more than ever, a phrase I created several years ago and use repeatedly, needs to be thought about deeply and implemented into our lives. We need to start becoming a We Society instead of a Me Society.

Isn’t this supposed to be the season of good cheer? The season where we cherish those we love and give a hand to a neighbor. This is supposed to be the season of eternal hope. Here is my eternal hope, that those people who stomped out the life of Jdimytai and injured three other employees, including a pregnant woman who attempted to aid Jdimytai, are found.

I hope that justice will be served with a sentence of murder in the second degree or manslaughter to every one of the people who even laid one foot on Jdimytai.

Count the costs, how much is a life worth? Enjoy your digital camera, I’m sure it is priceless. Peace on Earth and Goodwill to all Mankind.

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