Quote: carol boche

 Quote: kurt smith

 Quote: tracy collins

It is the store's negligence for not adequately planning for crowd control. It is criminally stupid to allow a mob to line up in a way that they can push through the doorway like a battering ram.

A crowd can be controlled by forcing them to line up single file, in a controled serpentine (line weaves back and forth) in order to break the momentum of their movement. And why were people pushing shopping carts throught the door?!

Wal Mart should know better. The people involved in this mob have no ability to control anything.

I vehemently disagree. This completely disregards the concept that individuals have responsibility for their own actions. Walmart did have a method to line people up: it's called a DOOR. And we see how those SAVAGES tore it down.

It's events like this that really make me lose hope in humanity. How something like this can happen in a civilized society is beyond comprehension. Watch Americans turn into total SAVAGES just so save a few bucks. Pathetic.

I agree with Kurt here.
We, as individuals have the right to control ourselves. And, this is one of those times.

The whole "gotta get it first" mentality that was use by all those people going through that door....first of all it was GREED driven and second of all, they must have forgotten what the TRUE meaning of Christmas is all about.

I agree with Kurt and Carol. Christmas is no longer about what it should be about ... that is probably why I have come to hate Christmas (part of it anyway).

I think this society is going down a slippery slope with all of this blaming everyone else mentality. Sue the homeowner because their dog bit you when you broke into their house, sue McDonald's because the coffee was hot (um ... duh!), blame Walmart because of this tragedy. What happened to personal responsibility? Why are people no longer responsible for the own actions? Why is it always someone esle's fault? I really don't understand how things got to this point. I guess it is society's fault *rolls eyes*

Things like this won't happen when people start to take responsibility for their own actions and consider how those actions affect other people. Mob mentality or not, it all comes down to each person's decision to participate in the mob and cause harm to others ... whether that harm is intentional or not does not matter. Those in the crowd should be held responsible for what happened, not Walmart.

 Quote: Kurt Smith

 Quote: Tracy Collins

It is the store's negligence for not adequately planning for crowd control. It is criminally stupid to allow a mob to line up in a way that they can push through the doorway like a battering ram.

A crowd can be controlled by forcing them to line up single file, in a controled serpentine (line weaves back and forth) in order to break the momentum of their movement. And why were people pushing shopping carts throught the door?!

Wal Mart should know better. The people involved in this mob have no ability to control anything.

I vehemently disagree. This completely disregards the concept that individuals have responsibility for their own actions. Walmart did have a method to line people up: it's called a DOOR. And we see how those SAVAGES tore it down.

It's events like this that really make me lose hope in humanity. How something like this can happen in a civilized society is beyond comprehension. Watch Americans turn into total SAVAGES just so save a few bucks. Pathetic.

Absolutely right on.