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Sunday, December 27, 2009

Immaculate Consumption


The local news yesterday evening reported that after a day of rest shoppers were able to go back to their frenzied search for bargains. I wonder how Jesus would feel about what has become of the day that presumably was to commemorate his birth, a kind of time out to recuperate from unbridled consumerism.


2 Comments:

Blogger Andrew said...

"Immaculate Consumption" -- That's brilliant.

10:21 AM  
Anonymous Jean Burman said...

Yes... it's obscene really... (and unconscionable)... that what was purchased yesterday on the eve of Christmas is now 50% off. Looking around I can't help but feel we need to call the whole thing off. Call a moratorium on shopping until the first week in the new year. Start the sales then. And make people spend the week between Christmas and New Year doing something real for a change. Where did we go wrong?

12:13 PM  

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