MrBen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Somehow we've managed to pollute our usual > shopping rituals with this grotesque Americanism. > When people are living below the poverty line and > hitting food banks....who are the people knocking > down old ladies to get thirty quid off a flat > screen telly? It's really depressing. You can't blame the American's for the ignorance of people here. As for it being grotesque, it's just another day of sales in shops. I think it all the publicity the day has got has helped cause a type of feeding frenzy.