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Sun 12 Dec, 2004 09:41 am
Ok, so shop WalMart to support christian values.
Quote:It's easy to beat up on Target and other retailers who shout in flyers trying to get us to spend, spend spend but refuse to let the Salvation Army set up collection kettles outside their doors.
Months ago, the Minneapolis-based retailer announced an end to the annual rite, noting it could no longer make the Salvation Army the sole exception to a rule banning solicitation at its 1,313 stores nationwide.
The decision has raised the ire of shoppers across the nation. Many say they'll take their dollars elsewhere. Some accuse Target of being politically correct and anti-Christian.
For example, this week, the American Family Association, a Christian activist group based in Mississippi, sent an "action alert" to the 2.2 million people on its mailing list, asking members to consider shopping at retailers like Wal-Mart, which allows bell-ringers as an exception to its no-solicitation policy.
Evolution on the march ...
Quote:noting it could no longer make the Salvation Army the sole exception to a rule banning solicitation at its 1,313 stores nationwide.
Makes sense to me. Meanwhile, Target does puh-lenty for charity, itself -- a nice wide swath of charities.
No bell-ringers at Target? Good. Then that's where I'm shopping. I get tired of being hit up for money everywhere I go this time of year.
During the course of the year I accumulate vast amounts of small, flat rocks and fill my pockets with them at Christmas time.
The sound they make as they hit the bottom of the collection kettle sounds deceptively like money.
I know this seems un-Christmassy, but I hate it, too. Most people who give, give to a particular charity or a family in the community in need. I can't stand some asshole, who doesn't have a clue about where my money comes from, how much I have (or don't have), and who I give to shouting at me for money, and then making some SOB condescending comment when I tell him as politely as I can that I have a charity...or something that doesn't accompany money.
Half the time I'll give, but when I don't, I shouldn't have to explain my personal finances to some asswipe who probably steals half of it, anyway. It is one of the rudest things you can do, I think.
I'm glad they can't do it anymore.
****.
(The Christmas spirit is coming late this year.)
Blessed is the man ... that ringeth no bell and keepeth the sabbath.
You carry those flat rocks too, don't you Lash?
Whew. What a tough crowd.
oh yeah? well, I still ain't going to Walmart!
Tough? I gave you a lump of coal, didn't I, Edgar?
Its like the brigands of the Dark Ages--only they're all sitting outside the local WalMart--selling Girl Scout Cookies, church raffle tickets, school fundraising material.... A pox on all of them.
The older I get the more I realize, humankind has yet to leave the dark ages.
I write the Salvation Army a check every year. After all, I want my Black Sheep stepsons to have a place to go for Christmas dinner.
(They don't speak to me, so I don't cook for them.)
One of the local supermarkets has a bell ringer and kettle--he fits in nicely between the tub for donations to the local no-kill shelter and the rotating bake sale tables.
Christmas isn't my holiday, but I enjoy the trappings.
That reminds me, Noddy. This year I will donate to the No-Kill Shelter. A very good cause.
Hey I hear ya Lash, I am also a pacifist.
Always with the sly asides, he is.
@Eva,
THE SALVATION ARMY IS THE MOST WORTHWHILE CHARITY OF ALL.ALMOST EVERY PENNY GOES TO THE POOR !!!!!!YOU ARE JUST PLAIN STUPID .THEY DO MORE FOR THE POOR THAN ANYONE.THEIR HEAD MAKES VERY LITTLE PAY AS COMPARED TO THE RED CROSS'S $150K.THEIR LOCAL LEADERS MAKE AS LITTLE AS $13K PER YEAR.
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