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Originally Posted by LCF
this is hardly a logical argument in the case. The fact that something is wrong *everywhere* doesn't make it right or something you have to live with.
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I never said that it was "something you have to live with." What I'm saying is that boycotting every location for a major chain store based on the mistake of one person at one location is to use your term "hardly a logical argument." Collective blame and "punishment" for the faults of a minority or an individual is
dumb. There has been no mention of Wal-Mart being told of this-- there is no mention of Wal-Mart acting unsympathetically about this. This happened far too recently for any judgment to be made on "how Wal-Mart is treating her." What I'm saying is that you are going to boycott a drug chain because a pharmacist at one location made an error in dispensing medication-- you are going to be boycotting every drug chain. You will have literally nowhere to turn for medication if you need it. Sure, he has every right to stop shopping at Wal-Mart over this-- but that in no way makes it any less of a knee-jerk reaction.
And this is the magic statement-- people don't go to Wal-Mart's pharmacy because it is the best, or the most fully stocked-- people go to Wal-Mart's pharmacy because it is
cheap. If anyone tried to implement a solution that results in more costs going to the consumer, the consumer will scream bloody murder and look elsewhere for their medicine.