We Can’t Live Without Wal-Mart
The American retail giant is not very loved these days. For years, the political Left has charged that Wal-Mart runs local retailers out of business. For years, pro-union groups have railed against Wal-Mart for refusing to unionize its almost 1.2 million employees. Now, Christians have joined the bandwagon of Wal-Mart haters. Last week, a large conservative activist group called on its base to boycott Wal-Mart because of its support of gay and lesbian issues (view full story). The boycott was later called off because of ambiguity of the claims of Wal-Mart's support of such issues.
What I found interesting was that the boycott was only called for two days. Why only two days? Why not boycott until Wal-Mart changes its policies? There are plenty of other stores to patron, even in rural areas. A two-day boycott seems a bit pedestrian if one is serious about protesting such a serious issue.
I can only conclude that even Wal-Mart haters can't live long without it. Why? There is something these people hate even more than Wal-Mart—that is, wasting money. It is virtually impossible to find lower prices on groceries, toiletries and home goods than at Wal-Mart. Hey, that's more money I can keep for myself ... I mean ... to give to my church ...