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Black Friday critics refuse to see shop-athon's merit

By David Shapiro

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Nov 30, 2011

~~<p>There's been a lot of tongue-clucking about the excesses of retailers and shoppers on Black Friday, but I'm not going to join in.</p>
<p>The pre-Christmas shop-athon that's creeping earlier into Thanksgiving Day has been portrayed by critics as an orgy of greed, but their sanctimony isn't much prettier.</p>
~~

There's been a lot of tongue-clucking about the excesses of retailers and shoppers on Black Friday, but I'm not going to join in.

The pre-Christmas shop-athon that's creeping earlier into Thanksgiving Day has been portrayed by critics as an orgy of greed, but their sanctimony isn't much prettier. Login for more...



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