[Jewelry making - Article 00052] - Re: [Orchid] BlueNile Vs. "wholesale"

[Roseann Hanson]

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>     Why does everybody beat up on Wal-Mart? 

>         Errrgh...I was trying to resist jumping in here, but I can't
>     hold out any longer.   As David Barzilay pointed out, Wal-Mart
>     destroys small retailers (and the small-town culture that they
>     promote) whenever it moves into a town. 

    Thanks, Jessee, for jumping in so I wouldn't have to! Out here in
    the Southwest we're so rapidly losing our touch with the connections
    between people, food, land, commerce and COMMUNITY that it makes my
    head spin. Once we lose that, there is no place for things like ART
    or CRAFT on a meaningful, community-based level because craftspeople
    won't be able to afford to do it. Nothing will ever convince me that
    a large-scale globally driven marketplace is good for anyone but the
    CEOs and their lawyers.

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