I am prompted to submit this writing to open the eyes of the people and promote a positive outlook regarding this Big Box manifestation; furthermore, to bring insight to the belief that "might makes right".
Assuredly, might does make right, as my little analogy shall portray. This Big Box company really does believe that whatsoever they say stands absolute; what the populace affected says has no bearing on this undertaking.
Really?
Let’s take a viewpoint from a regular, average citizen. So, we are told it’s as sure as done. I will differ and raise their call,as I have been reading the Durango Herald with great interest — this attitude portrayal about big corporations having their way and small businesses adapting, should they wish to survive. The reference presented to justify this manner of being is given by Durango City Council member Doug Lyon in a recent Herald article:
City officials expected that established stores would lose some business to the new retailers, but they predicted the older stores would adapt to the new competition. They might offer different product lines, for instance, because “you don’t stand in front of a freight train,” Lyon said.
 My belief here is this (and this is from experience): Stand in front of aforementioned behemoth and see what the outcome is. Assuredly, you don’t want to be the recipient of the impact; you won’t faze its momentum.
As you feel the vibrations and the massiveness of its approach, you may stand or you step off the tracks. Initiating the latter, you may think, “Nothing can stop this monster when it is traveling with such brute force.”
On the contrary, an object of such size, coupled with massive inertia propelling it from behind, traveling forward, unstoppable, makes for an unpleasant scenario. All that is needed to entail its change of being is placing a minute object (e.g. wedge) in its track. Results: very unfavorable for the recipient.
Closer to home: Icy road; you’re in a hurry; once control is lost, what follows?
The subject matter present is this: Open your eyes, look at yourselves; what do you see? Someone who believes what they are told and accepts that what is said is absolute? Or do you see a being who will (not can) place those minute yet very potent objects on the tracks?
As aforementioned in the beginning, I am sharing my views from absolute experiences. One other example I will share: yes, I did myself utilize a similar approach with the U.S. Army, and the Army learned a lesson the hard way (the school of hard knocks.) The way I learned my lessons, in this school, you don't receive certificates, diplomas or awards.
A little food for thought: David and Goliath; one stone, a minute object, against a massive weapons of war. Are we really helpless? Powerless? Hopeless?
Now that knowledge is shared, the hour to resolve this matter is at hand, and unto ourselves.
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