Like most other American traditions such as Wal-Mart (cleverly disguised as Asda) Halloween hay rides and covering your entire house in Christmas lights to confuse low flying aircraft, we who have no reason to celebrate Thanksgiving are being exposed to the idea of Black Friday.
To us Brits Black Friday is traditionally the day Jesus was sent to the cross, giving his life to save humanity (from the original sin his father gave us in the first place - don't get me started on that shit) but anyone who browses Amazon looking for cheap DVDs will have seen the special deals this week.
A pre-Christmas chance to grab a bargain seems like a good idea (in these strapped economic times) until I read about the woman in America defending her discounted xbox with pepper spray. Twenty people were directly affected, including seven children.
I would like to think this is an isolated incident, one slightly unhinged woman who forgot to take her Citalopram that morning but I fear this may be a symptom of the growing hostility we have for our fellow human beings.
Don't get be wrong, I have occasionally stood at the crowded tills in my local supermarket and thought how much easier things would be if a dose of Captain Trips wiped out half the dithering idiots in my way. I once ran over a woman whose spacial awareness has deserted her (with a cumbersome pram not a car) but crowd control should be left to those who have received the appropriate training.
As for the xbox lady? Happy Holidays you f**king nutjob!
