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Best Buy Cashes in on Heath Ledger's Death

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  • fictionalOne, on 01/24/2008, -76/+314That's just wrong!
    • 5urr3al5am, on 01/24/2008, -30/+9how is this proof of Best Buys wrong doing?.. this picture could have been taken anywhere?
      • fribhey, on 01/24/2008, -4/+41sure, if you ignore the fact that the price tags actually say best buy.
        • jmpeagle, on 01/24/2008, -8/+9I think he means anyone could have bought the DVDs and then created the sign and therefore have taken the picture even in their own home.
          • phre3k187, on 01/24/2008, -2/+13I'm sure that's what he meant.
          • nospinhere, on 01/24/2008, -8/+12Who really cares if Best Buy does this? What are they supposed to do, close the store for a week so people can morn?
      • 5urr3al5am, on 01/24/2008, -6/+3That's exactly what I meant.. for God sakes people.. that looks like a blue table cloth! not a counter... use a little discretionary thinking.. you could buy those movies.. 3 for $10 at walmart and set up this 'scam'
        • EtherGnat, on 01/24/2008, -0/+5I don't know about all Best Buys, but the one near me routinely has a table like this set up close to the exit for random displays.
        • ryansmith18, on 01/24/2008, -0/+3The Best Buy in my town has a table at the entrance to the store...with a blue table cloth....usually DVD's on sale. Hmm...
    • phre3k187, on 01/24/2008, -17/+9***** Best Buy
    • charli2na, on 01/24/2008, -2/+93How is this much different than the People Magazine's coverage of this tragedy. There will be lots of people trying to profit from his death. Happens to all artists. As long as people are in love with their celebrities this will happen.
      • qwickone, on 01/24/2008, -1/+14Guys, dont worry, Best Buy is taking this very seriously http://consumerist.com/348429/best-takes-in+store- ...
        • MacEnvy, on 01/24/2008, -8/+3Looks like they did the right thing. Good for them.
          • cdahlkvist, on 01/24/2008, -4/+29The "right thing"?

            It's not like they stocked the movies just because Ledger died. They were already selling those movies.

            So what if they moved the movies to a table (since they were assuming some people would be coming in just for those movies it made it convenient for them). They added a sign so people knew why those movies were on that table and also complimented Ledger by stating he was a Great Performer.

            I'm missing the part about this that is bad...
          • MacEnvy, on 01/24/2008, -1/+6@cdahlkvist

            While I don't particularly care one way or the other, it does seem in poor taste to have such a display up. The corporate office obviously thought so as well, and had them take it down. I dunno, seems like the right thing to do to me.
          • skankyBacon, on 01/24/2008, -2/+7I don't see this as particularly wrong. I know personally, his death has prompted me to add a few Ledger films to my Netflix queue. If I were the type to go out and just buy them all instead of rent, I would be well served by a "memorial" such as this.
        • EtherGnat, on 01/24/2008, -0/+11I worked in bookstores for years, and we used to do basically the same thing. A celebrity death creates a lot of public interest--you can look at this as Best Buy tactlessly profiting off Ledger's death, or you can think of it as just making it easier for people to find what they want. In reality it's a probably a little of both, but it's reality.
      • mattybb, on 01/24/2008, -1/+4Everyone cashes in on everyones death....
        Funeral Home Cashes in on John Doe's Death!
      • mfpratte, on 01/24/2008, -1/+5i see what you are saying but to make a magazine cover takes more effort and thought than printing up one little sign and moving some dvds off the self to a table in front. this is more the store manager trying to capitalize off some ones early demise
        • EtherGnat, on 01/24/2008, -0/+4I don't understand your logic. Best Buy's cashing in is more offensive because they didn't plan it for a week?
      • calon9, on 01/24/2008, -0/+2The sentiment behind the best buy table and people magazine may be the same (make money, by selling dvds or magazines). But one is considered media coverage and makes the buyer feel they are getting additional info on the circumstances of the death of someone they cared about or are interested in, whereas the best buy thing is more blatant and callously transparent.
        • EtherGnat, on 01/24/2008, -0/+3Have you ever worked retail after a celebrity death? People do want news and information, but they also want to experience their work. Any video store has probably had at least dozens of requests for Ledger's movies. I would argue that watching Ledger's movies is a more respectful way to remember him than buying every gossip mag with endless descriptions about the state his naked body was in.
      • BenKenobi88, on 01/24/2008, -0/+2I agree. There's tons of people going and buying Heath Ledger DVDs cause they want to watch some of his performances, a good way to remember him, yadda yadda. Just think of this as Best Buy putting them out on a table so they're easier to find. Cause...that's all it really is.
    • deMonkey, on 01/24/2008, -1/+55Some employee (probably a teenager working the DVD aisle) printed a sign in Microsoft Word, and that makes a corporation employing tens of thousands of people immoral?

      You know, my RSS reader's been going crazy with Heath Ledger headlines, and even this site is serving ads based on this headline. The fact is millions of people are cashing in on a celebrity's death. At least this sign has a better approach to it by selling his movies and calls him "great". I doubt he's rolling over in his grave or whatever.
      • adikt, on 01/24/2008, -6/+1Nah, he's just face down in his grave.
      • haiduz, on 01/25/2008, -0/+3Maybe there was a fan that was an employee who was really saddened by his passing. To commemorate his passing he decided to put this actor work on display so poeple can remember him for his acting. Maybe that employee was a genuine fan and this was a way to show that. Don't automatically blame a faceless corporation and asume its evil. Perhaps the person did that had the best intentions and was simply paying trubute to the actor by exhibiting his life's work.
    • wild, on 01/24/2008, -0/+46I dont think its that wrong. I was planning on dropping by Best Buy this weekend and picking up Lords of Dogtown because I haven't seen it. It would be nice if I could see anything else he has been in and pick it up. Putting it out on a table just makes it easier for me to find the stuff. And I imagine it was in response to people coming in and making requests.

      Its a table and word printed page with DVDs on it. Not a national ad campaign.
      • jstohler, on 01/24/2008, -0/+26I'm glad someone said it. It's not like a hurricane just came through and people are jacking up the price of drinking water. They're friggin movies starring a guy who just died that people are going to be interested in. If you're offended at Best Buy displaying them prominently, then you should also be offended by anyone who buys them.
        • MattB123, on 01/24/2008, -0/+10Yep. Doesn't seem like that big of a deal to me either.
        • Santad, on 01/24/2008, -0/+3Yea, from now on let's just say that if anyone mentions anything about Heath Ledger then they are using his untimely death to benefit themselves in some way.

          Diggers are cashing in on Heath Ledger's death too BTW.
      • arjung, on 01/24/2008, -1/+3you buy dvds from best buy?
    • Zera, on 01/24/2008, -0/+24No its not. It is a reasonable response to the dozens (hundreds?) of people who come in daily asking what movies he was in. Think about it, publicity of something as sad as a death DO result in increased interest in a person. Nothing wrong with this.

      And it might be shallow, but for some people mourning his death, the idea that buying his movies is "paying tribute" is a just that.
      • Zera, on 01/24/2008, -1/+6And I hate Best Buy as much as anyone, and their business model will die just like CompUSA, but you have to remember that people who don't buy things on the Internet ARE in Best Buy asking what movies he was in. This is a reasonable response to that, IMO.
    • wbeavis, on 01/24/2008, -0/+17That's not really cashing in. I'm sure a lot of people are probably asking for his films, BB is only making it convenient. "Cashing in" would mean they removed any discounts or increase the price in general. Implying that people with "thrift buy" a DVD out of sympathy is wrong. At any rate, only people with money to burn shop at BB.
    • KingGorilla, on 01/24/2008, -1/+2Well it gives me a good reason to buy Brokeback Mountain...yeah...that's it...
    • daridave, on 01/24/2008, -1/+2Uh, everything the media's is doing is f'ing wrong. They're milking death stories to get news stories, in case you didn't know, so pretty much everything out there is the devil's work.

      But quite frankly, this isn't even half bad... because personally, I did get curious about finding out what movies he played in and I'm actually interested in watching them. However, the way best buy handled it is quite poor...
    • orbit1979, on 01/24/2008, -1/+1that's "just business"
    • MrHappy123, on 01/24/2008, -1/+1Oh, shutup, you will do the same when you got a stack of unsold movies.
    • tdogg241, on 01/24/2008, -0/+5I used to work in a video store and we had a section dedicated to the recently departed. It was by no means cashing in, it was just a way of highlighting someone's career in film and it put all of their films in one spot for customers to find them more easily. We didn't up the price or change the rental periods or anything. Music stores and book stores do this sort of thing too.

      What Best Buy has done here is fundamentally no different.
    • gthyb, on 01/24/2008, -1/+2That's called merchandising.
    • raloeldorado, on 01/24/2008, -1/+1Besides their crappy customer service, their incompetent store managers, this is just one more reason to not shop at Best Buy no matter what
    • rplantz, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1According to what standard is doing that wrong? Best Buy must respect a dead man? Why? Because a man's life (or lack there of) has dignity and deserves respect? Where does man gain this dignity from? I'm sometimes confused by the 'moral superiority' of the overwhelming amount of secular humanists on this site.
    • sjl127, on 01/24/2008, -2/+2Wrong Buy.
    • badenglishihave, on 01/25/2008, -0/+2It just seems a little too soon for that sort of thing.
  • 0rion16, on 01/24/2008, -76/+138Once again best buy is at the cutting edge of moral bankruptcy. Kudos guys, kudos.
    • goofygarber, on 01/24/2008, -12/+122Honestly, that doesn't seem THAT bad. Yeah, its a little soon but they're hardly "cashing in" by selling movies they already stocked.
      • DangerMouse9, on 01/24/2008, -11/+4For a second I thought you said by selling movies that already sucked. I was disappointed with what was actually said.
      • SteeleJK, on 01/24/2008, -0/+8Yeah really, what if they were getting tons of people coming in and asking for what movies Heath Ledger was in and they said screw and just made a table.
    • KJay, on 01/24/2008, -1/+22I agree, it's hardly cashing in. It's not like they jacked up the prices on those films--a least not more than usual.
    • davidkeithjones, on 01/24/2008, -5/+1Thats pretty gross.
    • willdelaney, on 01/24/2008, -1/+2I wouldn't blame this on Best Buy. You would have to blame it on the manager of that store, since he was the one who most likely did that. I doubt all stores were told to do that by upper management
    • UltraMegaFilms, on 01/24/2008, -1/+5Well, in all fairness, Best Buy has been taking advantage of Heath Ledger for years.
      • letitbleed62, on 01/24/2008, -1/+3idk why but that really made me laugh
        +digg
    • ChrisViz, on 01/25/2008, -0/+3You sound like a Huckabee supporter.
  • truman48, on 01/24/2008, -34/+509Look at the bright side, if you go to Hell you know there will be a Best Buy there along with a Blockbuster.
    • skyfire1, on 01/24/2008, -12/+5Bright side? I'd rather yiff in purgatory.
    • davidwasman, on 01/24/2008, -6/+31You forgot Starbucks and McDonalds
      • hexydes, on 01/24/2008, -6/+14Oh, haha, and also don't forget [fill in corporate name here]. Oh my yes, that [fill in corporate name here] sure is corrupt, aren't they!

        In other news, how about them [fill in name of local sports team here]?!
        • bot001220, on 01/25/2008, -0/+1Wow, you're so ***** meta. Can you add me on your myspace page?
      • Kumah, on 01/24/2008, -2/+7What's corrupt about Starbucks? You mean the hours or the 'unfair' employee treatment? I guess the free coffee, tea, starbucks merchandise, free medical, dental, vision plans don't make up for that day they made you work on a Saturday. :(
        Or maybe you're talking about how they destroy the environment by donating $4 million to water purification programs worldwide or the small farmers and small communities they support in South America by helping them build schools.
        Geez Starbucks is such a corrupt and horrible corporation! e.e
        • Shawn4168, on 01/24/2008, -0/+4I think that Starbucks is far from perfect, but I do agree that they take very good care of their employees (free benefits for ALL employees and their spouses is almost unheard of), and they do quite a bit of charitable work as well. Pretty much any company has both good and evil going on.
      • screwfanboys1, on 01/25/2008, -0/+1key words :BRIGHT SIDE
    • IEatHamburgers, on 01/24/2008, -3/+19Nope, not a Best Buy or Blockbuster in sight
      http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&tim ...
    • Shawn4168, on 01/24/2008, -1/+18I hope my Reward Zone points carry over...
      • ChromaVita, on 01/25/2008, -0/+1Reward Zone points don't even transfer all the time here, why would they carry over to the afterlife?
    • Compuwiz, on 01/24/2008, -4/+1and CompUSA 0=)
    • daveR, on 01/24/2008, -0/+9and walmart, the king of evil corps
    • TheRealToma, on 01/24/2008, -2/+1Umm... If hell did exist, he wont be going there.
      • ChromaVita, on 01/25/2008, -0/+3First of all the OP said if YOU go to hell. Secondly what makes you think you're capable of deciding that?
    • morel42, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1Ya.. But too bad all they'll have is the complete 1st season of Cop Rock on Blue Ray.. AND YOU MUST WATCH.
    • Bakrain, on 01/25/2008, -2/+1ROFL that was good man...
    • iXneonXi, on 01/25/2008, -0/+1Damnit, I meant to Digg you up!
      At least they're trying to fix it.
    • Matix947, on 01/25/2008, -0/+4Dont forget about Comcast
    • nama8137, on 01/25/2008, -0/+1Wow, HAHA, thanks truman48, I needed a laugh this early in the morning.
  • UltramegaOK, on 01/24/2008, -51/+14It's Best Buy.... what did you expect????
  • UltramegaOK, on 01/24/2008, -56/+11It's Best Buy..... what did you expect? Moral decency? Who needs that when you can sell products.......
    • UltramegaOK, on 01/24/2008, -32/+1Digg me down for being a digg NUB. Why wouldn't my post show up when I post it. UGH!!!
    • c0baltfish, on 01/24/2008, -0/+7I like how your first post asks us what we expect, and then the next post tells us what to expect.
    • UltraMegaFilms, on 01/24/2008, -2/+2Dugg for Soundgarden reference.
  • DrywallThief, on 01/24/2008, -46/+35It really is sad. I'm sure that some of the higher-ups behind The Dark Knight are also quietly grinning because of his death due to the increase in viewers they'll get. Disgusting.
    • a5tr0cr3ep, on 01/24/2008, -2/+47i to am in moral bankruptcy. when i heard the news my first thought was "***** i hope dark knight is in post production and they don't need any reshoots"
      • Spartan225, on 01/24/2008, -4/+2I am ashamed to admit it, but that was one of my first thoughts to. After being in shock....but this is still low. I didn't think a big name store would do this. Also it looks like someone just typed the sign up in M$ Word and put it together in 10 minutes. I hope no one bought any of the DVDs. How does buying his DVDs help anybody but Best Buy?
        • billygreen23, on 01/24/2008, -0/+7By purchasing the DVD, Heath will get royalties, which in turn hopefully will go to his daughter.
          • Spartan225, on 01/24/2008, -2/+3He had millions of dollars and his daughters mother is an actress also. I don't think buy 10 Things I hate about you at your local Best Buy is going to help his daughter more than Best Buy and the Studio. Also I'm sure his daughter would rather have her father back instead of a couple of dollars. So money isn't really going to help any.
        • EtherGnat, on 01/24/2008, -0/+3So the best way to honor Ledger is to boycott his movies? Or is it OK to buy his movies as long as you do it a store where they're hard to find?
      • captainanndor, on 01/24/2008, -0/+3I had the same thought.

        Although (and I don't know if this says something about me or about the image movies have) my VERY first thought, upon being informed by my friend and not seeing it on Digg or Google News yet, was "Wow, this is some pretty twisted viral marketing".
    • wheezyninja, on 01/24/2008, -4/+2Ditto
    • HeatVision, on 01/24/2008, -1/+11That could be the scenario if it was some little film nobody had heard of, but The Dark Knight? This will more likely be a big problem marketing-wise as it can turn people off from seeing the film.
    • bundwallah, on 01/24/2008, -0/+8Brandon Lee's death didn't hurt "The Crow". It's macabre, but I think it actually raised awareness of the film and given its' content made it even more appealing.
      That was a real bummer, but what a great movie. RIP Brandon & Heath.

      The Dark Knight is going to get even more attention now. Those "Why So Serious" posters are pretty ironic now aren't they?
    • Phernoree, on 01/24/2008, -3/+4give me a ***** break. it's not like they planned it. Yea, Dark Knight is going to do mega at the box office. deal with it.
    • Th3Hamburgler, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1Me too, my current job is heavily linked with the launch of the new batman film, most of my wages are probably paid for indirectly by the film budget so they better not pull it!
    • YamiJim, on 01/24/2008, -11/+3i wasn't planing on seeing it before he crooked and still don't. Long live Jack!!!
      • mablung, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1Suit yourself. I on the other hand will be in the theater on release day to see what the Joker was meant to be like on screen.
    • hackiavelli, on 01/24/2008, -0/+7Are we condemning Hollywood based on imaginary evidence now? The Dark Knight didn't need any help being big. The sequel was highly successful and TDK was getting all kinds of positive buzz.
    • writeman, on 01/24/2008, -2/+0Ledger's death will likely hurt it more than help. But a sequel to the first truly great Batman film (Burton's were fun but not great) does not need a death to make it a hit. We were all going to see it anyway, right?
  • skyfire1, on 01/24/2008, -28/+21In Best Buy's defense, he was a pretty good actor.
  • FrankieAngels, on 01/24/2008, -16/+2Sick mf's!
  • ohmytodd, on 01/24/2008, -22/+4part of me doesn't want to see the dark knight now... just think i will be sad watching it.
    • thesha1, on 01/24/2008, -2/+1i agree with you...i wont be able to watch any of his movies now, for at least a while. too too sad :(
  • slimjim5811, on 01/24/2008, -14/+702Looks like some local Best Buy store manager typed this up in Word and printed it on the inkjet. Not corporate.
    • antipoet, on 01/24/2008, -2/+100That was the impression I got. Maybe it was a fan's attempt to honor this man's death? What better way than to feature the films he was in?
      • tiberone, on 01/25/2008, -0/+2That's what I'm thinking..I know if I could do anything I wanted at my Best Buy and someone i really admired died (I dunno, Ben Folds) I have to admit I would probably set up a little memorial to them with all of their products and a nice sign like that.
    • kiiwii, on 01/24/2008, -10/+56In fact, I'm sure once corporate finds out about it, someone will be out of a job.

      This isn't the type of publicity they want.
    • opiestana, on 01/24/2008, -4/+42The title should be "A Best Buy Cashes in on Heath Ledger's Death"
      • memoBug, on 01/24/2008, -1/+10or maybe: "Guy with Blue Tablecloth Cashes in on Heath Ledger's Death"
    • smacksaw, on 01/24/2008, -1/+10With the "logic" being that they don't have to bother telling people where to find his movies since there's right there. Very considerate not to make people shop or bother the employees.

      Because I'm sure that when he died, people rushed out to Best Buy to get the Heath Ledger collection...
    • Chahrlie5, on 01/24/2008, -1/+61Shhh, quiet, that doesn't fit into the anti-corp digg culture.
      • SuperMoses, on 01/24/2008, -1/+2He got dugg up, didn't he?
      • AriaStar, on 01/24/2008, -2/+7If the Digg culture is so anti-corporate, then why are there so many Apple fanboys out there?
        • domataos, on 01/25/2008, -0/+5Because it's still cool to like hip, young companies that don't act like they're making money. When it's a place that's upfront about making money they are tools of satan.
      • Bartboy919, on 01/24/2008, -5/+1And who do so many people favor privatizing things?
    • Lionhart, on 01/24/2008, -18/+2Best Buys are not franchises. Anything one of their stores does is representative of the corporation.
      • Chahrlie5, on 01/24/2008, -1/+4So the managers can ONLY do what is uplinked to their brains and not something they might happen to think of on their own at all? Didn't realize we had complete mechanical automatons already unable to act on their own instict.
        • hydroplane, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1Sounds like every middle manager I've met.
      • JustAn0th3rFace, on 01/24/2008, -0/+4oh hey Lionhart do you work at a best buy?
        oh.. no? well i do.
        no they are NOT franchises. but SOP (Standard Operations Procedure) allows for flexibility of table displays. There is no set way to do the new release table, end of life table, christmas table, etc. Therefore, this table was representative of a "tragedy", if you will.

        Morally was it right? Im not sure. Im sure the intention wasn't lets sell as much as possible because of his death. Rather, people will be and have been coming in lately asking for his works.. so i can understand why this particular Best Buy would do such a thing.
    • BoneStamp, on 01/24/2008, -3/+6Clearly, this was made at the store level... but it still looks bad on corporate.
    • shlos, on 01/24/2008, -1/+7thank you for pointing this out.. why did it take so long for diggers to understand that?
    • grahamgrafx, on 01/24/2008, -2/+2clearly an out of touch assit. manager to the DVD section just trying to turn product.
      • tiberone, on 01/25/2008, -0/+2Yes, their name tag reads "Assistant Manager To The DVD Section"
    • randomerratum, on 06/10/2008, -0/+18I actually think it was meant as a nice gesture.... the cheapo sign is a little morbid and some manager took it a step to far making it look like an inconsiderate sales push, but a table sitting out with Heath ledgers movies on it- it's not a totally terrible idea. Cashing in? those movies are probably all on the 6.99 shelf (not that they are bad) - It's not like they did this with the Anna Nicole stuff, and if this were an Amoeba or Second Spin (a "non-corporate" place) nobody would be complaining!
      • brrrrrandon, on 01/24/2008, -0/+5I agree...when Dale Earnhardt died I was working at a bookstore. We didn't make a sign, but we did put every book we had on him out front because of the demand. I think this store manager was just trying to keep all of his works in one place so it would be easy to find.
      • Chubs879, on 01/24/2008, -0/+3It is so obviously a nice gesture. Heath Ledger was an actor, and will live on through his work. What better way to celebrate the time he did live than to watch his films?
      • EtherGnat, on 01/24/2008, -0/+11"when Dale Earnhardt died I was working at a bookstore. We didn't make a sign, but we did put every book we had on him out front because of the demand"

        Customer: Pardon me, do you have any books on Dale Earnhardt?

        Clerk: Yes sir, just turn to your left... now turn to your left again.... left again....
    • ProfessorSYM, on 01/24/2008, -9/+0Doesn't matter, those managers represent corporate even if they are not operating within guidelines.
      • cococrispies, on 01/24/2008, -2/+1do you know why the dinosaurs died out?
        because you touch yourself at night
    • triskele, on 01/24/2008, -0/+5Of course it's localized. Corporate doesn't work that fast. I thought that much was obvious.
    • eeinw, on 01/25/2008, -0/+0On a local level it just seems as a not so great attempt at a memorial to a great actor. While Best Buy is on the cutting edge of capitalist America, the corporation wouldn't do something as cheesy as this to promote sales.
  • MaddieCakes, on 01/24/2008, -18/+7Oh my God... I'm going to go into my nearest Best Buy and throw up on their floor.
    • DavidtheDuke, on 01/24/2008, -0/+16bring a cellphone w/ a cam
    • smacksaw, on 01/24/2008, -0/+3Make sure to eat roast beef, diced carrots, peas, chocolate and drink lots of Gatorade beforehand.
      • wbeavis, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1Fish would be better, with some tartar sauce. When did I eat corn?
    • ranalicious, on 01/24/2008, -0/+2but then some poor hourly employee will have to clean it up. plus side is, maybe making them clean it will make them very angry and steal things.
  • alanr19, on 01/24/2008, -18/+4Thats low even for best buy. Those guys are scumbags.
    • kyouteki, on 01/24/2008, -0/+2I don't understand how that's low. I, for one, wanted to watch some of his movies the other day to honor him. If I can find all his movies easy like that, so much the better.
  • mattyG, on 01/24/2008, -36/+105It's funny how you guys are like blah blah blah Anna Nicole Smith, media shouldn't be focusing on Britney Spears, and other celebrities, and yet you guys post on and on about this celebrity... hmmm
    • lynx77, on 01/24/2008, -9/+15the irony is killing me
    • Akaricloud, on 01/24/2008, -8/+44It has to do with the justification of it all. Heath Ledger lived a pretty morale and straight life. His actions didn't justify his death. Britney Spears... Well in a manner of speaking which is pretty bad,she deserves to get whats coming to her.

      Nice guy dies taking sleeping pills to cure jet lag. Bitch of an actor who drinks and ODs every other day lives.
      • sgtpppr, on 01/24/2008, -2/+5As if you somehow knew him in real life.
      • KevinRWright, on 01/24/2008, -1/+13I have to vent on this one...this is my one and only Heath Ledger post;

        It's a tragedy that the man died, but then again it should be a tragedy when ANYONE dies. I'm sick of reading ***** about how it "should have been Britney", or Paris, or other disgusting things of that nature.

        Heath Ledger made 1 or 2 good movies and A LOT of ***** ones. Everything we have seen of the new Batman looks great, so you can say he made 2 or 3 good movies, but I'm sick of people acting like he was River ***** Phoenix here. Most of your ***** probably never even watched what was largely considered to be his greatest role ever in "Brokeback Mountain" because you were too busy bashing it on digg at the time.

        And finally, I'm REALLY sick of people making him out to be Jesus Christ. The man was a PRICK. He cheated on Michelle Williams all the time, while they already had a daughter, look it up, that's why they split.

        He was a guy that would probably be great to kick back and drink beer with, he was soft spoken, and the media didn't put him on the cover of every paper and grocery store rag mag so you never got sick of him, but can we please please stop building this man up to be something he wasn't.

        He was too young to die and it is sad and shocking, but those of you who are trying to trade his death for other more annoying celebs are pathetic.

        As for this Best Buy ordeal, it's obviously some Media Dept tool manager trying to capitalize on the slow mid-week sales to compete with the district. I'm sure that he will be hearing from corporate very soon.

        /rant
    • Xzn31, on 01/24/2008, -6/+25Cause this one isn't a worthless retarded slutty skank that has a vocabulary that only consists of "thats hott"
    • potisreallygood, on 01/24/2008, -17/+6yeah, i don't get it either. just another selfish celebrity to me. had it all but got doped up on hard ***** instead of contributing to humanity or himself in a positive way. i dont see what all the fuss is about when paris, britney, lindsay, christina, jessica, and anna nicole are these terrible evil whores that deserve to die. maybe its a chauvinistic thing since there are no girls on the interbutts and the guys are jealous of attractive women or they are still in the closet and had a hard on for ledger. ledger/gyllenhall were the new tom cruises. the gays abandoned cruise after he went wacko.
      • blisk, on 01/24/2008, -3/+3bury - this will never get seen anyway

        see comment below.
    • blisk, on 01/24/2008, -7/+4@potisreallygood
      are you ***** crazy and high right now? Latent *****-erotic tendencies? The differences is exactly what Akaricloud said. He was a nice guy, I initially made a small joke about it with a friend - nothing crazy mind you like some other a-holes have done (i'll explain: honestly i was really looking forward to seeing how he'd be in batman and i had hoped his what i think will be his most brilliant and now last acting job wasn't now not happening cause of this.. stupid i know but again wasn't meant.)

      But damn dude you're an idiot. The guy was not the typical hollywood celebrity that doesn't give a crap about anything except partying. He had a family and that Ambien drug is some ***** up medication... having taken it i'm surprised what the FDA gets away with now a days.
    • wildbillhick, on 01/24/2008, -3/+3Smith and Spears were never, nor ever will be, in a Batman movie.
      • wildbillhick, on 01/25/2008, -0/+1Why do I get dugg down for complementing a fine actor? seriously. no wonder reddit is becoming so popular.
    • uberdilly, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1Actually i think its disgusting that heath ledger is making this much news in his death.. I mean i feel for the family of anyone who dies. But seriously its not that important of news. Especially considering it made a bigger deal on here than the fact the Dow hit a 15 month low. Youre right its hypocritical but I think the majority of us are tired of hearing about ledger.
    • ChromaVita, on 01/25/2008, -0/+1I think there is a difference between this and focusing on something like Anna Nichole Smiths death for days on major news networks. I think it's alright to have an story about the person dying, maybe a follow up story when more details are released. I wouldn't even be mad if they had a short special on their life and work or something. But speculating and repeating details and trying to make the news bigger than it is is a waste. This on the other hand isn't focusing on the death of a star, just how that death is being exploited by certain people. And yes I agree they are doing the same thing for Heath that they did for Anna Nichole, and I don't like it.
  • flyersun, on 01/24/2008, -10/+1That's just low.............
  • agentmaxwell, on 01/24/2008, -20/+10best buy is a classy, upstanding joint. didn't you guys know that?
    • Shawn4168, on 01/24/2008, -1/+4I dugg you because I could see the invisible /sarcasm tag. Looks like some other people couldn't.
  • DrPaulFTW, on 01/24/2008, -14/+75I thought we were all for the free market here...?
    • oderdigg, on 01/24/2008, -6/+20I know. It's hypocritical of people to say how bad Best Buy is for trying to profit from his death when in fact, they profit off people all the time.

      It's called capitalism and as long as you make money it's ok. That's our system boys and girls.
      • RoboChrist, on 01/24/2008, -2/+7That's not our system at all. If you steal and make money it's not ok. If you kill to make money that's not ok. Sell your body, make cars without seat belts, put lead in paint etc... We haven't embraced an entirely free market since the 1880's. Capitalism isn't a way to determine right or wrong. It's a market philosophy not an ethics philosophy.
      • SuperMoses, on 01/24/2008, -0/+2It's not hypocritical. Free-market does not mean you don't have a right to criticize business practices. It'd be hypocritical if people said the government should regulate this kind of marketing.
      • carrtoonist, on 01/24/2008, -1/+0If you make money its ok? Sweet, time to go slang crack at the playground.
    • NaziHatinChimp, on 01/24/2008, -1/+7I don't think anyone is saying "Down with the System" here. They are saying "Hey what a dick move."
    • NJank, on 01/24/2008, -2/+20we are for a free market. that includes our ability to lambaste a company for poor taste, and try to convince others to shop somewhere else in the free market. They are differentiating their product, we are spreading the word. All well and good. move on.
    • vofuse, on 01/24/2008, -1/+4You must be new to Digg.
    • SuperMoses, on 01/24/2008, -1/+2I'd love to know what criticizing a company has anything to do with being pro or anti free market.
      • captZEEbo, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1"Come on best buy you can do better than that? But then again this is a capitalistic nation...." (from the title). capitalist implies free market, though the us isn't really a capitalist nation.
    • geekee, on 01/24/2008, -0/+4Most people on Digg are socialists, it seems.
      • Syric, on 01/25/2008, -0/+1Really? I get the impression that anyone with even small socialist leanings are an oppressed minority.
    • StarlessKnight, on 01/24/2008, -1/+1This is Free Market compliant as far as I know. A Best Buy does something its consumers deem bad, the consumers react, Best Buy either takes action to make a change to appease its consumers and retain them or takes no action and risks alienating a particular group of consumers (of which might well forget this later and come back regardless).

      Free Market is about a level playing field between competitors while the government stays out of the market's affairs, while Consumers dictate the direction that market goes with their wallet, no? That's my understanding, anyway. I'm not an Econ minor or major, so I'm not invoking Expertise.
  • seaner, on 01/24/2008, -10/+55Business is business and it's not like those movies are going to sell these days sitting amongst 1000s of other DVDs.
    • FUR10N, on 01/24/2008, -0/+5I agree, I know that it is sad that he died, but if you can find a better way to remember him than by watching the movies he made then by all means do so.
      Anyways, BBY knows that people are going to want to watch his movies now and they are just helping people find them better.
      I will admit that some of best buys practices are wrong but come on guys, you pick apart everything they do and spin it to make it look bad.
      Spending money is the best way to help the economy and everyone is saying that we are a recession now; the person who put up the sign did it with good intentions whether you think so or not.
      • kizzbizz, on 01/24/2008, -1/+1You are right that people here are always quick to jump down bestbuy's throat (even if they diserve it 90% of the time). I'm sure alot of people right now are looking to buy his movies, to see what kind of actor he was. Whats the harm in putting them out in front?

        However, your connection between bestbuy's behavior here and helping the US out of a recession is, for lack of a better word, simply retarded.

  • ConceptRelation, on 01/24/2008, -17/+12This honestly doesn't surprise me.
  • JerodSlay, on 01/24/2008, -10/+1wow...
  • superfuxxorr, on 01/24/2008, -5/+153Like this is something that every news show, magazine, or newspaper isn't doing?
    • Rikushix, on 01/24/2008, -0/+3He's right. Tasteless it may be, in the sense that whoever wrote this is doing it for their own monetary gain, it's still not rude or disrespectful to his death. If you think whoever wrote shouldn't exploit his death, don't buy the DVDs. And furthermore, don't buy the papers, watch the TV shows, and read the magazines that are bringing you "up to the minute coverage!" of what will happen next in the investigation into Ledger's death.
  • Courroux, on 01/24/2008, -9/+1What a sad sad world we live in...
  • mikesly, on 01/24/2008, -3/+18This is no different from a musician dying... Hollywood loves when celebs die, anything they have done will hit number 1 following their death.
    • bosssmiley, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1Sure, it's a tasteless way to cash in on someone's topicality. But on the brighter side, maybe new people will watch his films and realise what a shame it is we lost Heath Ledger before he had a chance to build a corpus of roles worthy of him.
      Could you picture the man from "Knight's Tale" in "Hamlet"? That would have been a cool film.
  • sputza, on 01/24/2008, -14/+7I'm not surprised at all. Best Buy is an evil corporation. I used to work for them.
    • Sneezyx, on 01/24/2008, -2/+5Yes, so unlike all the _other_ corporations.
    • nolesshabitual, on 01/24/2008, -0/+5would you like to purchase a comment repalcement plan for only 15.99? if your comment gets dugg down you bring it into best buy and they'll give you a new one with insight and the proper amount of snarkiness
  • lazerus9, on 01/24/2008, -17/+13Welcome to the machine.
  • Th3Kyle, on 01/24/2008, -7/+12That's gotta be a on a store level since it's printed up in word. I can't imagine that their corporate offices could be that stupid. But then again...we are talking about Best Buy...
  • yohnstoppable, on 01/24/2008, -3/+58Tricky situation. I'm assuming a ton of people went out looking for movies starring Ledger after his death as it's only natural. If that is the case, I can understand them doing this, although it does seem insensitive. Deaths can really increase how big a star someone is, and the public is just as much to blame as those pushing it like this. Remember how Nirvana and Notorious B.I.G. exploded after those deaths? If the consumers eat this ***** up, how can you only blame best buy?
    • Cmstech, on 01/24/2008, -4/+1I am not sure it is "only natural" to go out looking for his movies after his death. I admit he was a good actor and he was in many many great films. But do people really run out and buy a movie that is 5+ years old just because someone in it died? It isn't like there will be a shortage of those DVDs at retailers, or that the movies will increase in value or anything.
      • yohnstoppable, on 01/24/2008, -0/+3It is a way of remembering someone who starred in said movie. A lot of people hold forms of entertainment very seriously (just start a "what was the best final fantasy" debate to see for yourself). When someone in it dies, it sparks a need to go watch whatever it was. There is also the sheer fact of remembering these movies existed. You are much more likely to think "man, i haven't seen the patriot in a while" with ledger's face plastered over every news outlet than you are on a normal day
    • yohnstoppable, on 01/24/2008, -0/+5To clarify my above statement, i don't feel those buying this stuff are "to blame" as well. As in, I don't think they are doing anything wrong. They want to see movies with Heath Ledger in them. Best Buy is providing these movies. Why shouldn't they get a profit for the service they are providing to people who want it?
    • ScareCrow87, on 01/24/2008, -1/+2Um, as someone who was pretty much driven from the music business months after Nirvana hit the scene - they exploded far before Cobain's death. In fact, he blamed his suicide on the enormous success of the band. Can't speak for BIG though.
      • yohnstoppable, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1Yes, they had hit big before Cobain's death. But they weren't on the level they achieved after he died. They went from a hot, promising new band to insane heights and the "best" band of a generation.
      • sgtpppr, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1LOL! Bret Michaels??
    • HadBeans, on 01/24/2008, -3/+3Notorious Who??????
      • banmaster, on 01/24/2008, -1/+3I was going to post EXACTLY the same question.
  • sflorack, on 01/24/2008, -2/+5For those of use "working" now, and who's company blocks Imageshack, can someone please post the text of the sign here? Thanks! :P
    • readysetno, on 01/24/2008, -1/+4Heath Ledger
      April 4th, 1979 - January 22nd, 2008
      Remember a great actor through his great performances.
    • KJay, on 01/24/2008, -0/+7Sign Reads:

      HEATH
      LEDGER
      APRIL 4TH, 1979-JANUARY 22ND 2008 [sic]

      REMEMBER A GREAT
      ACTOR THROUGH HIS
      GREAT
      PERFORMANCES.

      (Brokeback Mountain, Lords of Dogtown, 10 Things I Hate About You DVDs on table)
    • Firehed, on 01/24/2008, -4/+3You can't be working too hard if you don't know how to spell "us".

      Not that I should talk, considering what I get paid to browse Digg et al.
  • didoubleg, on 01/24/2008, -8/+20Who ever dreamed this up has upper management written all over them.
    • Daiken, on 01/24/2008, -4/+3Um..it's just the opposite, unless you're being sarcastic.
      • tofslie, on 01/24/2008, -1/+1i think you are missing the point Daiken
    • MrDiggDugg, on 01/24/2008, -2/+2Actually, they have "front line" or "lower" management written all over them...
  • NalinDecoded, on 01/24/2008, -4/+75I'd like to be disgusted with this...but honestly, all Best Buy has done was put out the dvds that people would have swarmed the isles looking for because of Heath Ledger's death. They're just making it easier for the consumer. Horrible looking sign though, not a corporate decision for sure.
    • hexydes, on 01/24/2008, -2/+6All it's missing is a MS Paint cut/paste job of a smiling Heath Ledger's disembodied head floating in the corner of the sign.
      • furaeon, on 01/24/2008, -0/+5Am i the only one thinking how much more incredibly awesome this sign would have been with that kind of creativity? Talk about *****' metal! Screw the DVD's, I'd buy that sign and hang it on my wall.
  • astrotrain, on 01/24/2008, -11/+2Disgusting.... its like the people who made the profit off of the 9/11 issue. These type of folks who see $$$ need to just be drug out to the street and smacked.
  • Gaulven, on 01/24/2008, -9/+103I see a sign and a table where they set out all their Heath Ledger movies. Am I missing something?
    • reginaldino, on 01/24/2008, -4/+11no, thats all. i don't get the fuss this has caused
    • legendxx, on 01/25/2008, -0/+3seriously.. what's the big deal? People are going to remember him by buying his movies.. whether they're out of order on the shelves or nicely laid out on a table for them. They're not benefiting by his death unless they raised prices on these movies. This is well within the bounds of business ethics and all of you crying about this are wayyyy too sensitive.
      • MasterJoefus, on 01/25/2008, -0/+0Knowing best buy, they probably did jack up the prices or something.
  • radink360, on 01/24/2008, -10/+4Im glad i stopped giving them any money a long time ago.
  • TotalDouche, on 01/24/2008, -2/+41But...those sales will go to Heath's estate, and in turn, to his family. Would you rather nobody buy his stuff after he dies?
    • blisk, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1pretty decent reasoning but it just seems like a way to push sales since its only a day or two old ya know?

      if i look right it seems like thats at the line towards the register or when you enter. If it was in the movie isle it might make alittle more sense that it would be targeted for someone going there and looking for one of his movies cause they like him so much and want to support the family, yk?

      edit/side note: Digg i hate you why does shift enter leave that huge of a space. No wonder i'm never around here anymore... comments fed up and censoring.. awesome site you got here guys.
      • AbsurdParadox, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1He's dead. A span of time doesn't chance that fact.

        edit/side note, you don't seem to know how the comments work. Just use enter like normal... it will be okay, the spacing fixes itself. Also, shift enter does nothing different in a textarea than just hitting enter. And, what censorship?
    • Chubs879, on 01/24/2008, -2/+1Actually, unless Ledger made a special deal with any of the studios that put out those films, he won't receive anything for people buying the DVD's, other than recognition. Most studios hire actors on a film by film basis, paying them a flat sum for the work they put into that film.
      I can only recall a few deals where the actor got paid according to how well the movie did. Like Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump
    • Litzau, on 01/24/2008, -1/+1i was about to raise the same point. glad to see someone else made it.
  • codynyc74, on 01/24/2008, -8/+7as a former employee ... im not surprised.
  • Mr.Gone, on 01/24/2008, -35/+154Oh Jesus Christ shut up, people die all the time. I'm just waiting to hear the news report that he was shooting heroin into his scrotum while ordering an underaged Korean sex slave. Everyone is so sad when a famous person dies. How about the premature baby that was burned when it's oxygen tent causght fire? Did you hear about that one? Of course not, because the baby was never a gay cowboy. Sure it's sad that he's dead but man, he was just a person.
    • PecanHead, on 01/24/2008, -6/+5No kidding. I have a real hard time feeling sorry for people who kill themselves by overdose (intentional or not). Where are the Darwin Award jokes now, Digg? Why is it funny when a guy roller skates into a wood chopper but taking 9 Sominex tablets is so tragic?

      The real tragedy is how hard this will be on his family, and every young death carries that price. Why should we care any more just because it was Heath Ledger?
      • NathanielJ, on 01/24/2008, -5/+1To Mr.Gone and PecanHead:
        Do you see people weeping in the streets over this? No. People (well, most people) don't care any more about this death any any other person, but if someone set up a table that said "look, this baby died in an oxygen tent fire, so buy our new flame-resistant oxygen tents!", are you saying people shouldn't be upset? It would be cashing in exactly as this is cashing in.

        He's famous and people (not just Best Buy) are cashing in on it, and it's sad.

        Oh, and saying that someone should be nominated for a Darwin Award for his death when we still don't know how he died is really classy, by the way.
        • PecanHead, on 01/24/2008, -1/+3No moron - my point was that the Darwin Awards are tasteless. That the death of an innocent person is always "a bad thing".
    • justintsmith, on 01/24/2008, -0/+21These comments went from mourning a tragic death to scrotums and korean sex slaves pretty fast
    • pcpimpster, on 01/24/2008, -1/+6"How about the premature baby that was burned when it's oxygen tent causght fire? Did you hear about that one? Of course not, because the baby was never a gay cowboy." = Priceless
      • ChromaVita, on 01/25/2008, -0/+2That baby may not have been a gay cowboy, but it did possessed the potential to become a gay cowboy... Such a tragic loss
    • elkram, on 01/24/2008, -1/+1Great point... I'm just glad his daughter is hopefully too young to be aware of all the moment by moment media speculation about how her daddy died. To her he's just gone... and I'm certain she is very sad.
    • wastedfish, on 01/24/2008, -5/+3That premature baby didn't star in many huge films and have a huge following of people who loved him. That premature baby wasn't loved and admired by tons of people. Lots of people feel like one of their friends died. Thats how it is, don't be so angsty. If your mom died and someone said "Dude moms die all the time it's not a big deal" It would still seem like a big deal to you. Same with this case. Someone lots of people loved die, sure people die all the time, but people liked this guy. Don't be a tool
      • TheSeptimHeir, on 01/24/2008, -0/+4...I sure hope you're not comparing the "love" that you have for a celebrity with the love for one's baby or one's mother.
      • DinosWillDie13, on 01/24/2008, -0/+3ouch. way to rag on a premature baby.
        if you seriously see that much of a difference between two people dying you need to wean your ass off of hollywood and get a ***** soul.
    • NeoTEKK, on 01/24/2008, -0/+3Wait, you can shoot it in your scrotum?
    • Seng, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1I heard about the baby this morning... As a father of a wonderful little girl of my own, I can't help but think how horrible that would've been. It's tough enough with a premature baby, let alone now having burns.

      I would personally not stop until I owned that hospital, the company that made whatever faulty part they find that shorted out, etc.
    • yohnstoppable, on 01/24/2008, -0/+4dugg for scrotal heroin. No other way to roll imo
      • BAFrayd, on 01/25/2008, -0/+1That is the funniest post I have read in a long time. Where do I send the check?
    • shableep, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1I would have to say then, in contrast, that we shouldn't have an insensitivity about the death of people. It's just that, if you're going to flip out about Heath Ledger dying, don't hear about another death in Iraq and just roll over and go to sleep. If you're going to flip out about Heath Ledger's death, don't hear about the deaths caused by drunk drivers and go driving home drunk thinking you're some sort of miraculous exception to reality.

      Now, if you really really care simply because it's the only death you've heard about outside your family, then I guess you can't help but care. But if thats the case, then maybe you should be changing your perspective on reality a little. Theres a little more going on out there... like, I donno... Darfur.
    • DevinOlsen, on 01/24/2008, -0/+2"How about the premature baby that was burned when it's oxygen tent causght fire? Did you hear about that one? Of course not, because the baby was never a gay cowboy." - Link?
    • jerryterhorst, on 01/24/2008, -2/+1next time a baby inspires me to pursue my dreams, then ill mourn its loss as much as i mourn the loss of a person like heath ledger.
      • nlke182, on 01/24/2008, -1/+5You want to be a gay cowboy?
        • jerryterhorst, on 01/25/2008, -0/+1nope but i want to be an actor. not a movie star or something, but people who are very talented like heath ledger inspire others. so, ill say it again: next time i see a baby and it does that, then ill mourn it.
      • UnterDenLinden, on 01/25/2008, -1/+3Say partner, I think it's time to turn in for the night.
    • BAFrayd, on 01/25/2008, -0/+1Thank you for saving me the time to right the same post.
  • BigBoyBoobs, on 01/24/2008, -8/+1Don't do drugs... you make other people rich.
  • kierucom, on 01/24/2008, -5/+12Buried for a deceptive title. This likely wasn't "Best Buy" in the corporate sense; but rather an individual store with an ill-thought idea.
  • justice7, on 01/24/2008, -3/+68you could look at this two ways...
    BB cashing in on his death..
    or BB celebrating his career

    to ignore his films and with the recent media attention on his death would be wrong too. I don't really see anything wrong with it... its not like they said "Heath Ledger is dead! Watch the films of a dead guy!" ... its that its on people's minds right now.
  • sindex, on 01/24/2008, -1/+22Meh. Record sales always go up when a musician dies. Movie sales always go up when an actor dies. It's always been this way. Seems as good a way as any to move some stock on some Heath Ledger movies.
    Don't get me wrong, it's sad he died, but this kind of "buy this dead celebrities stuff!" mentality has existed for 100 years. Why feign anger over it now?
  • LeCollectif, on 01/24/2008, -5/+28I work at Best Buy corporate so I'm really getting a kick out of these replies.
    • HenvY, on 01/24/2008, -14/+5I think I speak for all of us when I say ***** you. And I don't mean in regards to this article, because I don't think there's anything wrong with doing what they did.
      • MrDiggDugg, on 01/24/2008, -2/+11"I think I speak for all of us when I say ***** you"

        I think you don't. Unless by "us" you mean "self-hating anti-corporate rebels without a cause", in which case I would agree.
        • Jimboquint88, on 01/24/2008, -0/+2i like your name diggdugg
        • MrDiggDugg, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1Thanks; I was growing desperate for unused non-boring names, when I remembered this entertaining little game I played on my Colecovision back in the stone age; the name seemed quite appropriate to the place, with a minor tweak ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dig_Dug
      • Gregsaw, on 01/24/2008, -0/+7You certainly don't speak for me
    • blisk, on 01/24/2008, -1/+5So you guys told them to put up the sign to make your day more interesting? ;-)
    • AndrewDS, on 01/25/2008, -0/+0Isn't that a fark.com cliche?
  • jeffsback2223, on 01/24/2008, -8/+2I saw this and... damn that's just sad.
  • Digger1218, on 01/24/2008, -8/+2Opportunism at its finest
  • weside, on 01/24/2008, -2/+46Yeah I don't really see a problem with this.
    • lebatte, on 01/24/2008, -0/+2Agreed.
    • elk80, on 01/24/2008, -1/+0I guarantee "Dark Knight" will make at ***** more money that "Begins"
  • Jewbacca311, on 01/24/2008, -14/+44Truth is, I don't give a ***** about Heath Ledger, I also don't care about people dying in 3rd world countries or soldiers in Iraq. You don't either, quit kidding yourself. All I care about is myself and my family...
    • hierophantus, on 01/24/2008, -4/+14I don't totally agree, but dugg up for having the balls to say it.
      • slaystench, on 01/24/2008, -0/+5Dugg up for having the balls to say that over the internet? lol ok
        • Jewbacca311, on 01/25/2008, -0/+1meh... The bastard's got a point... :)
    • sflorack, on 01/24/2008, -6/+3This would be make sense if you and your family was totally self-sufficient without the need of purchased goods, roads, public water..
    • GhandicapXRS, on 01/24/2008, -1/+2Altough you do have a point, don't expect much sympathy from this crowd... ;) Altough the same could be said about dirty tree huggers as well.
    • blisk, on 01/24/2008, -0/+2Yea well.. its always nice to hope people are a little more self sacrificing and humane.. but when it comes right down to it 90% of people are just like you.
      • geekee, on 01/24/2008, -1/+1Actually 99.9999% place people they know and love above people they don't know.
    • Rhuel, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1That is fair. I'm sure the people dying in the third world, the soldiers in Iraq, nor Heath Ledger, (may he rest in peace) give(gave) a ***** about you or your family either.
    • agenthamsta, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1Your post is only true to some people....unless they're directly affected by those people in those places. Honestly serving in Iraq and knowing people currently in Iraq changes that for me. Anyone else, well that I couldn't tell you.
    • Jargonaut06, on 01/24/2008, -3/+4Heath Ledger, don't care. 3rd world countries, don't care. But you're an ***** if you don't care about our troops dying in Iraq.
      • Jewbacca311, on 01/24/2008, -1/+1Why? I'm not even American... So I'm sure that explains it all to you.
        • Halsfield, on 01/24/2008, -1/+0yea, you're not an american, you're an ***** who for some reason is afraid to say where he's from? jewbacca, nice one.
          • GhandicapXRS, on 01/25/2008, -0/+1Your argument can be taken in too many ways, care to elaborate?
          • Jewbacca311, on 01/25/2008, -0/+0True,
            I'm not from wherever it says I'm from in my profile (if that's even what you're implying). Or maybe you think I'm from Israel. I'm not, it's just a clever play on words... *****
      • byrdgang, on 01/24/2008, -1/+3Well, you're an ***** for valuing one life over another. Are the lives of soldiers worth more than others? Think not. Either be outraged by all unjust murders or be outraged by none.
        • EtherGnat, on 01/24/2008, -0/+2Yes, I find the death of our soldiers more tragic than a random guy off the street. Whether I agree with their mission or not these are people who are willingly putting their life on the line to protect my safety. That means something to me.
    • HowitZer25, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1I believe in setting a good example not giving stuff directly to people for no good reason.
    • p0tent1al, on 01/24/2008, -1/+3Yeah the US government didn't give a ***** about the middle east people either, till they flew a plane into the World Trade Center. Sometimes when you give a ***** about other people, not just you and your family, you make this world a better place to live in, and that has an indirect impact on you and your family, which is what you and most people don't understand.

      Which is why the world we live in today is *****, no one gives a ***** about anyone else. That might be an unpopular statement, but 100% true.
      • GhandicapXRS, on 01/24/2008, -0/+2"the world we live in today is *****" LOL you say that as if you honestly believe that humanity was somehow much better off at some point in time...
        • p0tent1al, on 01/24/2008, -1/+1Yes, there are many points in which we were better off. Probably most obvious is before 9/11. Another is before 1913. Another is when Kennedy was in office. Another is when people were hippies, and just about peace and smoking weed.
          • simplicityiskey, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1Before 9/11 when Al-Qaida was preparing to attack the trade centers and operating freely? Before 1913, thus before World War I, before women and blacks could vote, while a good bit of the world still lived under the rule of oppressive empires that exploited them for their resources, before penicillin? When Kennedy was President--you mean when we almost went to war with Russia over Cuba? And when people were hippies, I assume you mean the 1960s and 1970s, when tens of thousands of U.S. soldiers died in Vietnam along with a few million Vietnamese and thousands from other Southeast Asian countries?
    • DrunkenSavior, on 01/24/2008, -2/+1Jewbacca doesn't care about black people.
    • simplicityiskey, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1I can understand if you don't care about specific things (like people dying in other countries or Heath Ledger), but to say you don't care about the entire rest of the world and only care about your own well-being and the well-being of your family seems, well, impossible. We're all ultimately interconnected through our daily interactions and you have to care on some level, even if it is only in how it effects you, about other people and what happens to them and the decisions they make.
    • geekee, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1Although you state it in black and white terms, most people care much more about people they know and love then people they don't know as well, or at all. This is why communes generally fail. If you're in a commune with 5 other families, and the commune decides your kids can't go to college since the there's not enough money, but you personally bring in the lion's share of the money for the commune, you tend to stop thinking self-sacrifice is such a great idea.
    • axisnate02, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1I care because now the joker wont be in batman 3.
    • AdmiralKarelia, on 01/25/2008, -0/+1I care that he died, sure. Given the power, would I bring him back? You bet your ass. But will I lose sleep over it? No. He's an actor, and it's a bad thing that he died, and I'd offer my sincerest condolences to his family were I to meet them, but to be honest, the most it affects me is the face I see on screen when I see what would have been his next film.
  • Ryopan, on 01/24/2008, -7/+2It wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't so soon. It's just too soon and because of that it's pretty disrespectful.
    • EtherGnat, on 01/24/2008, -0/+1Yes, you're right. It makes much more sense to put up a display of Heath Ledger movies when nobody is looking for them anymore.
  • o0adam0o, on 01/24/2008, -8/+6mirror?
  • soupnumber5, on 01/24/2008, -10/+4How heartless those f*ckers are!

    Is it at least a 2 for 1 deal?
  • mlanasa, on 01/24/2008, -9/+2Ethics? We don't need no stinkin' ethics!

    Screw Best Buy if they need to pull this kind of crap to make a buck. It's this kind of thing that I hope most people will see through and clearly judge where to play consumer.
    • supermanred, on 01/25/2008, -0/+1Best Buy was against this, it was a handfull of idiots at one location. If you hire me to cut your lawn, and then I tell your neighbours to ***** off and suck my ***** as they walk by, is it your fault? No. Fire me, and your neighbours should be smart enough to not blame YOU for the idiot cutting the lawn.

      ***** Im drunk why am I even on Digg... lol

      guy cutting lawn... Going to bed.... hic
  • blah247, on 01/24/2008, -0/+0Who cares? Who doesn't exploit death in America? You ever watch politics?
  • sqwidget, on 01/24/2008, -1/+7It's just good business sense. The day he died I was at a department store and heard a lady asking about buying A Knights Tale like 4 hours after he died. People respond with their wallets when people die. There are always sales spikes when it comes to music artists that die. Best Buy is just being blunt about it.
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