Consumed

Re “Panic at gunfire in toy store,” Nov. 29, and “Wal-Mart worker dies after stampede in N.Y.,” Nov. 29

I was struck when reading these horrifying articles by how eerily similar they were to stories about holy-site violence and stampedes elsewhere in the world.

Do we need any more proof that consumerism is the dominant “religion” of the United States? And can we opt out of this lemming race before it does us in?

Reed Wilson

Los Angeles