Trampled Wal-Mart Worker

After reading this article, my first reaction was "WOW". I know that Black Friday will be a crazy day for shoppers. But I never thought of someone will lose their life because of this. Based on this article, I been noticing that when the majority takes place, the individual will always lose. I think that the more crazier you are, the more priority you have in this society. Of course, everybody like cheap things. Therefore, when their is something that has to do with benefits. Selfishness, comes first. The article has mentioned that there is a "woman eight months pregnant" and other "four shoppers" was injured. More importantly, one of the worker from Wal-Mart died. It first came to my head that, why would a pregnant woman who is already eight months would join in to this crowd. My interpretation was that people in this society is mostly trying to be part of something. In other words, GET INVOLVED. Nobody would like to be left out in this country, everybody wants to show that they are existed. Another reason that people are so crazy about Black Friday is because most products are on sale. The social classes is like the pyramid, the middle class and lower class are always the majority. Therefore, most people like cheap things. Another way of saying it, is to win-success.

In this article, the writer keeps focusing on how much an individual values in this society and to compare which values more. Yourself or others? By reading the article, the writer is trying to make others who have step on the man to feel guilty for what they did. But I think that the reality of this society is that who has more authority, who wins. Regardless of this event on Black Friday, this society in individual is just like the crazy shopper who tries to fulfill their desire. Everybody has their own goal in their life, and they will manage how to reach their desire. While the shoppers are trying to get what they want (cheap things/benefits), in the other hand, it leads to the question about how much a person's life worth. The majority of the population is selfish in this society, everybody thinks themselves before the others. If stepping on others trying to get what yourself wants is wrong, then is it to give all you have and sharing is right? Such as sacrificing yourself for the others. In this situation, people have to weight which worth more?

Referring back to the article, when it talks about the worker who died, "He was such a young man with a good heart, full of life. He didn't deserve that." I understand that it is true that being nice and having a good heart make people have more sympathy to the worker. But in reality, nothing is 100% guarantee. Being nice does not mean that you can live longer or your life values more than the others. You can be nice, an accident will still happen to you. By reading this article, it is like bring up the question of if there is only one can of food that will only be enough for yourself, will you give it to the others, or yourself.

Another quote from the article was that "His body was a stepping bag with so much disregard for human life." I think that dignity is another major things in people's life. Dignity in this society sometimes sounds it worth more than everything. But when it has to do with life, human life to survive, how much does dignity worth. Also it brings up the question of should we be so regardful of one human life, and give up the world?

Everybody has a position to stand in this society, while concerning about a young man's life, other costumers are concerning more about their own business. "I've been on line since Friday morning!" This quote clearly states that selfish is something that humans all have. The majority believes that when you do something, you expected to receive a repay. As one of the costumer said, he/she has been on line since Friday morning, they expect their hard work will receive a pay back-discounts on products. I personally think that, sometimes hard work does not pay off. No matter how hard you work, especially in business, it does not mean you will 100% g guarantee earn back how much you invest in your business. Same to situation on Black Friday, people expect they will receive a pay back from how long they been online, hence, they regard their own benefit more than a human life. In this case, I don't think that people can determine who is right or wrong, it can only say that it is an accident. Because the workers from Wal-Mart did prepared and did expected a large crowd, but it does not work to control the population. Also the costumers were there to shop, people should know that they have to keep their feets moving in order to keep going. Or else, you will result like the worker who died. Thus, people should not be discussing who is right or wrong. It is just an unexpected accident.

At last, the article mentioned "How could you take a man's life to save $20 on a TV?" I personally think that you can't compare how much a human life values and a TV values, because everything's values are different in people's eyes. You never know how much a TV worth to someone than a human life. Everybody has a different perspective on things, you can't judge that a human life worth more. But the fact that human are emotional animals. We all do feel pity and give sympathy to things. Although we feel pity for a man who died because of an accident, we cannot judge what values more based on one's perspective, because everything has its own values and unexpected accidents do happen.