Is It Time to Outlaw Doorbuster Sales?
Neil Weinberg, Senior editor: I am saying it is demeaning and dangerous to let people stand out in the cold all night to save a few dollars on a flat panel TV. They should have their feet held to the fire. If people get hurt or killed, they should be responsible for that. Lacey Rose, Forbes.Com Reporter: You shouldn’t be banning sales here. The fact that holiday shopping has literally become a blood sport is horrifying, but banning those sales is foolish is miss guided. The issue isn’t the sales. It is the type of security measures that are in place or in this case, not in place. Elizabeth MacDonald: No, no government restrictions. But we are talking about Wal-mart having a lone stock clerk at those deals to deal with this crowd situation. What are we talking about? A photo op for wal-mart so they can see people trying to get into their stores for this? That is what we are talking about. I think Wal-Mart should voluntarily give up their doorbuster sales until they put in security measu
