{"id":4237,"date":"2007-12-30T23:44:00","date_gmt":"2007-12-30T23:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/12\/girl-gets-anticapitalist-note.html"},"modified":"2007-12-30T23:44:00","modified_gmt":"2007-12-30T23:44:00","slug":"girl-gets-anticapitalist-note","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/12\/girl-gets-anticapitalist-note.html","title":{"rendered":"Girl gets anti-capitalist note instead of iPod for Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Her father got the iPod from Wal-Mart and it wasn&#8217;t the only <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myfoxdc.com\/myfox\/pages\/Home\/Detail;jsessionid=B83B71207F58B7AB213E73F53F56FCBF?contentId=5335536&amp;version=1&amp;locale=EN-US&amp;layoutCode=TSTY&amp;pageId=1.1.1&amp;sflg=1\">iPod that was replaced with a note<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A little girl thought she was getting an iPod for Christmas but ended up getting a rude surprise. She got the box but when she opened it up, she found a surprising switch: the iPod had been replaced with a bizarre note.<br \/>\nThe note reads in part &#8220;Reclaim your mind from the media shackles.&#8221; <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The whole note:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Reclaim your mind from the media shackles. Read a book and resurrect yourself. To claim your capitalistic garbage go to your nearest Apple Store.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>How arrogant of this person to think that their note would have any impact at all.  Why does he\/she think that their own mind is free? Isn&#8217;t she\/he imprisoned by their own hatred of capitalism or consumerism that they would steal an iPod to make a point? That they would steal the joy away from a child&#8217;s Christmas morning.  How sick is that?<br \/>\n(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2007\/12\/29\/girl-unwraps-ipod-finds-heavy-handed-social-commentary-instead\/\">via<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Her father got the iPod from Wal-Mart and it wasn&#8217;t the only iPod that was replaced with a note: A little girl thought she was getting an iPod for Christmas but ended up getting a rude surprise. 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