Beasts of Prey on Display

[Valkator]

Beasts of Prey on Display: The Christmas Season in America

By: Robert Koslov
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Well, it's the beginning of yet another holiday season in the United States. With holiday cheer and in the spirit of all that has become synonymous with America, the American consumers flock to the malls and department stores like carrions to the rabid carcass. In what only can be described as organized predation, the gospel of gluttony begins its ascent to a fever pitch. If we are truly living in the final phase of a world-wide death cycle, as many suggest we are, then what we witness in the US, being the most visible embodiment of all that is Death, the Christmas shopping season is one of the most sickening spectacles to behold. Many around the world have tended to sympathize with the citizens of the US, assuming wrongly that they are simply victims of a government that xxxxxles them underfoot in the all-encompassing effort to rule the world against their wishes. However, this thinking overlooks one glaring reality that we do not like to acknowledge: the government of a nation IS the visible head of the sum total of its citizens. It reflects and amplifies every characteristic of the masses. Now, if Americans were simply 'victims' and really are 'free thinking', 'moral', and 'spiritually mature' -- then take a trip down to the mall and see for yourself what America and Americans are all about. See for yourself the choice Americans make to actually BE nothing more than somewhat intelligent animals who are devouring and consuming everything on the planet. As we watch them tear through each other to get that Chinese-made remote controlled shock collar that will be used on both their favorite family pet and closest relatives; As we witness them salivate over the latest sweatshop-produced fashions that do an extremely poor job of covering up their anorexic, bulemic, bloated and obscenely obese bodies -- think about that scene in the Temple with the money changers and whips. Then ask yourself this: What would Jesus Do? Go shopping?

[loseyourname]

Well, that's about the least fair assessment of consumerism I've ever heard. In case Koslov didn't know, the retail industry, which employs a huge number of people, relies heavily on the Christmas shopping season to produce more than half of its yearly revenue. Any economy that desires anything approaching full employment must have healthy, rabid consumers, as many of the least-skilled employees in the work-force have jobs serving consumers. Not that I'm approving of the culture of want we have in the this country, but if you want to be fair, you should also mention that it does bring with it a lot of good as well.

[Anonymouse]

Beasts of Prey on Display: The Christmas Season in America

By: Robert Koslov
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Well, it's the beginning of yet another holiday season in the United States. With holiday cheer and in the spirit of all that has become synonymous with America, the American consumers flock to the malls and department stores like carrions to the rabid carcass. In what only can be described as organized predation, the gospel of gluttony begins its ascent to a fever pitch. If we are truly living in the final phase of a world-wide death cycle, as many suggest we are, then what we witness in the US, being the most visible embodiment of all that is Death, the Christmas shopping season is one of the most sickening spectacles to behold. Many around the world have tended to sympathize with the citizens of the US, assuming wrongly that they are simply victims of a government that xxxxxles them underfoot in the all-encompassing effort to rule the world against their wishes. However, this thinking overlooks one glaring reality that we do not like to acknowledge: the government of a nation IS the visible head of the sum total of its citizens. It reflects and amplifies every characteristic of the masses. Now, if Americans were simply 'victims' and really are 'free thinking', 'moral', and 'spiritually mature' -- then take a trip down to the mall and see for yourself what America and Americans are all about. See for yourself the choice Americans make to actually BE nothing more than somewhat intelligent animals who are devouring and consuming everything on the planet. As we watch them tear through each other to get that Chinese-made remote controlled shock collar that will be used on both their favorite family pet and closest relatives; As we witness them salivate over the latest sweatshop-produced fashions that do an extremely poor job of covering up their anorexic, bulemic, bloated and obscenely obese bodies -- think about that scene in the Temple with the money changers and whips. Then ask yourself this: What would Jesus Do? Go shopping?

This sounds like the same old socialistic Marxist anti-free market protectionist bromide spewed by the samy envy driven politics of people who do not understand economics.

[Ducati]

Prey of Priests on Display: The Christmas Season in America

If that was the topic, then I'd bother reading it..