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I *heart* my Wal-Mart

L’�mission Zone Libre pr�sente ce soir son enqu�te, La face cach�e de l�empire Wal-Mart, tourn�e en partie au Bangladesh. Il y est question du travail des enfants dans les usines de fabrication de v�tements, un sujet complexe qui devrait faire r�fl�chir tous les consommateurs.

C’est � 21h00 � Radio-Canada.

A cafeteria where the weirdos get the choice tables

« Arguably the greatest cultural achievement of the Net has been to create a global network of closets and give the rest of the world a peek at what’s inside. Like no other medium before it, the Internet allows society’s marginal elements to find each other, the combined weight of their numbers revealing they’re not so marginal after all. In this sense, the World Wide Web functions as a self-help room for nerds, a cafeteria where the weirdos get the choice tables. Thanks to the web, we now know we’re not the only Christian Communists on the planet, or even, possibly, in our section of town. Just about any proclivity or persuasion finds expression on the web, from Jews Against Circumcision to Adult Babies to Force, the platform for pro-smoking activists.

Abnormal is the new normal, the white picket fence in danger of being battered beyond repair. The onus is now on Joe Average, whoever he is, to defend his shrinking domain. »

From « Un is In, asexuals, unschoolers, anarchists: thanks mainly to the Internet, abnormal is the new normal. You are what you aren’t. »
By Gabrielle Bauer in the February 2005 issue of Saturday Night.