HP Poll result - half of HP'ers think shopping at Wal-Mart is immoral and unpatriotic

I thought this HP poll result was pretty flipping cool.

I bet if you asked the general population that same question just 2% would say yes. To understand the evil of Wal-Mart, and shopping at Wal-Mart, is definitely not mainstream. "Low prices! Low prices! It's all good!" Now that's mainstream.

Nice job 49%. Give it a few more years for Americans to see the results of their behavior, and I think that 49% will be looking pretty prescient. Like HP'ers in general.

Is shopping at Wal-Mart immoral and un-patriotic?

Yes 490 (49%)
No 500 (50%)

The Chinese are slaughtering monks in Tibet, while you buy their cheap crap at Wal-Mart. Stop it. Seriously, think about what you're doing, and stop

"They're shooting our people like dogs"

- Tenzin Norgay, Tibetan Center for Human Rights and Democracy, March 18, 2008

[UPDATE WED 3/19 - my original post had the only photos I could find last night of the Tibet protests which showed monks getting beaten in Nepal. This morning you may have heard photos are leaking out of the areas in Tibet being brutally put down by Chinese troops, of bullet-ridden corpses. If you want the truth, they are here.

For the "oh, we can't boycott Chinese goods - it's toooo haarrrdddd" crowd - yes, it's hard. It's darn near impossible. But isn't that just so telling about American culture today - people don't do the right thing because it's hard. Once again, I ask you to think about your actions.

And a special HousingPANIC message for the evil Communist rules of China who are shooting monks, doing house-to-house searches now and terrorizing a country that should be free - GO F*CK YOURSELVES, F*CK YOUR OLYMPICS AND F*CK YOUR AMERICAN SUPPLY PARTNERS. Too bad people can't read that message in China. Damn I hope to see rage erupt in that country as we head into the Olympics. The world will be watching]