It amazes me to see people talk about how everyone needs their rights, and then they themselves go off to bash other groups which are discriminated against. These sort of things kind of kill my enthusiasm for public action, as so few people really practice what they preach.
On the subject of Walmart, I remember there being this great big local political debate in my area over Walmart wanting to buy an old QFC building (the QFC itself had only lasted I think a year because there was a Safeway about a block away on the main North-South road) and everyone being against it. Of course, it did eventually get built, but it was just a plain grocery store rather than one of their superstores. Then again, I don't think that the issue was so much about people in my area being against Walmart as they were against the kind of people who generally shop at Walmart. They called my area "Snob Hill" for a reason.
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On the subject of Walmart, I remember there being this great big local political debate in my area over Walmart wanting to buy an old QFC building (the QFC itself had only lasted I think a year because there was a Safeway about a block away on the main North-South road) and everyone being against it. Of course, it did eventually get built, but it was just a plain grocery store rather than one of their superstores. Then again, I don't think that the issue was so much about people in my area being against Walmart as they were against the kind of people who generally shop at Walmart. They called my area "Snob Hill" for a reason.