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From: veerman@winston.UUCP
Newsgroups: can.politics
Subject: Re: Sunday openings
Message-ID: <419@winston.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 9-Dec-86 16:24:35 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec  9 16:24:35 1986
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Reply-To: veerman@winston.UUCP (Maarten Veerman)
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In article <811@mprvaxa.UUCP> acton@mprvaxa.UUCP (Don Acton) writes:
>In article <3731@utcsri.UUCP> clarke@utcsri.UUCP (Jim Clarke) writes:
>>
>>The point was that for most of us there is no choice between children and
>>work.  Almost everyone wants children eventually, and for the majority
>>of couples both father and mother must work in order to support the family.
>
>One of the arguments being made as to why people need Sunday off is so
>that they can be with their children. 

Just who the he** do these self-centered family types think they speak for ?

What about all the people who think time with YOUR children is YOUR problem ?

What about people required to work shifts ?
What about the people in service & essential industries that have to work
 weekends ? (The guy pumping gas so you can drive YOUR car full of YOUR
 kids to the hotel, where the clerk will check you into a room made up by
 chambermaids on YOUR day off..)
What about people who don't have kids ?
What about single people ?
What about policemen (policepersons 8-) ?
What about firemen ?
What about Highways Dept. people who clear snow ?
etc.
etc.

Do you think they care about your day of rest ??

I have been in many of the above situations and I'm sure I'm not alone in
saying that it is a real drag not being able not to shop when *I* have the
time to.
When I lived in Australia the situation was even more ludicrous. Stores
were open bankers hours only, except for 3 hours on Thursday eve, and 3
hours Saturday morning. Result: a mad frenzy every week during the few hours
when 50% of the population had to do all its shopping. If you forgot
anything, you waited until next week..
When I lived in Phoenix, the stores were open 7 days, 24 hours (most).
Opression of the working class for the profit of the capitalists was not
that evident. Phoenix is in the U.S. 'bible belt', and most people were
still religious despite this tragedy...

Somehow, I don't think that Sunday shopping will cause a breakdown in the
moral fibre of our society...
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