[lbo-talk] The Christian War on Yuppies

ravi gadfly at exitleft.org
Mon Apr 17 08:03:59 PDT 2006


At around 16/4/06 11:25 pm, Doug Henwood wrote:
> ravi wrote:
>
>> Roundabout 2pm I pulled the Volvo around and we tooled on over to The
>> Grove, but blimey, the Banana Republic was closed!! J. Crew? Same! No,
>> not the GAP!!!! But yes, the Gap too had been filled shut.
>>
>> All I want to know is, when did Christianity overtake Consumerism as the
>> dominant religion of the nation?
>
> You're in Jersey, no?
>

You think I would admit to that on a public and archived list?!!


> My old part of Jersey has blue laws, and most
> stores are shut on Sundays.

Huh, what century are we talking about? All malls, shops, 7-11s, "go go" bars, everything pretty much is open on Sundays in the Garbage State. Am I misunderstanding your message?

--ravi



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