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Thursday 28 November 2002
Tomorrow: 'Buy Nothing Day' in Northeast PA, and around the world
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The NEPA Whirl is having a Buy Nothing Day Whirl tomorrow. One in Lackawanna County @ 11a.m. & one in Luzerne County @ 1p.m.
I don't think it's too late to get involved. The contact information for Michael, the organizer of the event, can be found @ the NEPA Whirl web site.
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National information can be found @ the Adbusters web site.
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I think this event is somewhat misunderstood. That is, I think a lot of people like the idea of "Buy Nothing Day" for a plethora of different reasons.
On the Adbusters site it says, "If enough jammers turn their disaffection into resistance for just one day, November 29 could mark the delivery of a landmark social message."
And I believe the purpose of these events & demonstrations is not really to halt spending for a day, in the way a boycott would work. Obviously not buying anything for just tomorrow isn't going to cause some kind of economic change. I think the purpose is to bring attention to the commercialization of holidays, and the sometimes excessive materialism in our modern culture.
I think it's just another way to say, in a theatrical way, that "money can't buy happiness" and "the best things in life are free" and "it's the thought that counts". But a bleeding edge outfit like Adbusters wouldn't be caught dead using such well-worn and well-understood 'slogans'.
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So if the reason you want to protest 'the biggest shopping day of the year' is because of the pressure of chaotic crowds... You too can participate in 'Buy Nothing Day', by not going out shopping.
And those who are planning to go holiday shopping tomorrow should thank those of us who are not, because maybe you won't have to stand in line as long at the Wyoming Valley Mall or Steamtown. hah.
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posted by Chloe | Thursday 28 November 2002 10:34 AM
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