Black Friday

The moniker "Black Friday" took on a whole new meaning when a Wal-Mart employee was trampled to death yesterday by a bargain-hungry mob in New York. I don't think we'll ever think about a "door-buster" sale the same way again. We are so eager to get past the commercially useless Thanksgiving holiday that we open our new temples, the stores, in the wee hours, enticing worshipers with the promise of a better life at a discount. How many people must be sacrificed on the altar of consumerism before we realize what the holiday season is really all about?