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Well in the case of a bookstore, they're selling the exact same product. I'd wager some of those "little dress shops and unique shops" offered a better product than something mass produced in China and sold at Wal-Mart.
Originally posted by Blueangel7
The little rural town where I grew up had some dress shops, some unique gift shops, etc. I noticed that since the Wal-Mart Supercenter came to town, that the little dress shops and unique shops have all closed down. It's kind of sad in a way. But, why would you buy something at a high price, when you can get the same thing for half the price at Wal-Mart? This sounds like the movie "You've Got Mail", where the big book store came in and wiped-out the little, unique bookstore that had been there for years.
616 ("six hundred and sixteen", or "six hundred sixteen" in American English) is believed by some to have been the original Number of the Beast in the Book of Revelation in the Christian Bible. Different early versions of the Book of Revelation gave different numbers, and 666 had been widely accepted as the original number. In 2005, however, a fragment of papyrus was revealed, containing the earliest known version of that part of the Book of Revelation discussing the Number of the Beast. It gave the number as 616, suggesting that this may have been the original. [1] This caused Peter Sagal on the USA's National Public Radio program Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! to quip that Hell must be in Grand Rapids, Michigan, as Grand Rapids' area code is 616, and prompting radio host Mancow Muller to proclaim that the final battle between good and evil would take place there. (There is a Hell, Michigan, but its area code is 734.)
Originally posted by DionDCatRpr
So, because WM has helped to locate 6,666 children (at the time the video was made) makes it the devil? Really? Helping find kids is evil?
That's low, even for some of the odd people that frequent these forums.
And a if anyone followed Mad Hatter's link to the Anti-WM post, and made their decision based solely on the points that he found from the union site, you need to do more research. Most of that stuff is made up or spun in a way that would make Pres. Bush proud.
Do more independant research for yourselves, because his linked "Facts" are almost all false.
[edit on 1-6-2008 by DionDCatRpr]
6,666 recovered children is strange.. especially when its been there for over 1 year.. I have been waiting for them to update this number... But it hasn't..
So, because WM has helped to locate 6,666 children (at the time the video was made) makes it the devil? Really? Helping find kids is evil?