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| From | "josh chasin" <jchasin@nyc.rr.com> |
| Subject | Re: All I'm sayin' |
| Date | Thu, 4 Dec 2003 13:03:17 -0500 |
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So I'm not crazy then (or else, the both of us are.)
Thank you.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Bennett" <mrhonorama@hotmail.com>
> For an off-topic debate, I find this Wal-Mart thing to be more fascinating
> than the norm. What I find troubling in the jousting over what Wal-Mart's
> role in the demise of the downtown is the all-or-nothing tone reflected
> below. Whether or not Wal-Mart is the root cause of said demise, if
> Wal-Mart has exploited conditions that made the demise of the downtowns
> possible, then it is in part responsible for it. (Analogy -- in
autopsies,
> a medical examiner will note a cause of death and also contributing causes
> -- Wal-Mart (and McDonald's, etc.) may very well qualify as a contributing
> cause).
>
> The two positions (urban sprawl/town planning v. evil Wal-Mart) do not
> necessarily have to be diametrically opposed. Since it seems, at some
> level, that they are interrelated, it would be more informative to figure
> out how they fit together than to get into a 'my johnson is bigger' type
> argument where neither side (or at least one of the most vocal arguers on
> one side) is able to concede that the problem is far too complex to state
> with absolute certainty that you only blame one thing on the demise of the
> downtown.
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