"Huge" wrote in message
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| On 2006-04-17, SteveH wrote:
| Derek ^ wrote:
|
| Is it too much to ask that for one, single day of the year, stores will
| remain closed
|
| Yes it's just pointless tokenism.
|
| allowing people to do other, more socially responsible activities?
|
| Do I detect somebody being judgemental here?
|
| We had all the family round for dinner, what's more socially
| responsible than that?
|
| The occasion might well have benefitted if we had been able to buy
| fresh bread.
|
| Ahhh, I see where you're coming from.
|
| 'I want to be able to spend time with the family, but I want to deny
| this to a large proportion of the workforce.'
|
| I note that you're so prescriptive that you cannot concieve that
| anyone else might be different; "I want to force my views on people -
| they must be the same."
|
| Would *you* get out of bed at 3am on Easter Sunday to go and make fresh
| bread for £6 / hour? Or maybe go and sit on a till for 6 hours for £5.05
| / hour whilst everyone else is sat at home having a family meal?
|
| What's it to you?
|
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