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Making people compete with one another for "free stuff" has always triggered a dark part of human nature, in some. You see it more obviously, now, because there's a 24 hr news cycle and more coverage, but it's always been that way. 20 years ago I was working in retail on Black Friday at a place that was giving away free "Lion King" tapes to the first 100 people through the door. I saw people running over one another when we opened and a hell of a little scrap, on the floor, between two 30'ish women. Neither looked like they were anywhere near what you would call needy or poor. And it took three people to get them to let go of one another. Free stuff just tends to bring out the lowest common denominator.
Jerry
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A man is about as big as the things that make him angry.
Winston Churchill
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Last edited by Jerry Shaw; 8/4/14 at 7:06 PM.
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