草菅人命
凡在中国生活过的人对草菅人命的事已经是见怪不怪的了，更不用说历史上屡见不鲜的和平岁月的文字狱与动乱年代数都数不过来的的屠城事件了。
这里说一说号称世界民主典范的美国的第一大商店WALMART。
对内拼命压榨员工，无限期延长工作时间，雇佣非法移民，给雇员最低工资，且没有保险，已经不是什么新闻。另外，根据纽约时报的报道，WALMART的安全检查部曾雇佣很多前ＦＢＩ（东厂）和ＣＩＡ（西厂）的探员，建立起自己庞大的特务系统，对自己的业余采购员和部门经理进行电话监听和长期追踪。一旦发现不规行为，立即解聘。
下面是美联社的报道：Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has been recruiting former military and government intelligence officers for a branch of its global security office aimed at identifying threats to the world's largest retailer, including from "suspect individuals and groups".
Wal-Mart's interest in intelligence operatives comes at a time when the retailer is defending itself against allegations by a fired security employee that it ran surveillance operations against targets including critics, dissident shareholders, employees and suppliers. Wal-Mart has denied any wrongdoing.
Wal-Mart posted ads in March on its own web site and sites for security professionals, including the bulletin of the Association of Former Intelligence Officers, for "global threat analysts" with a background in government or military intelligence work.
ＷＡＬ－ＭＡＲＴ的东厂和西厂
The jobs were listed with the Analytical Research Center, part of Wal-Mart's Global Security division, which is headed by former senior CIA and FBI senior officer Kenneth Senser. The analytical unit was created over the past year and half, according to published comments by its head, Army Special Operations veteran David Harrison.
对外对顾客实行监督、录像、跟踪和惩罚，最近的一例，是给在ＷＡＬＭＡＲＴ偷了东西的人挂牌游街，这在一个大讲特讲人权的国度，简直如天方夜谈。
牌子上写着：我是一个小偷，我在沃尔玛偷东西。
夜路走多了，自然遇见鬼。
这不，一个３１岁的活蹦乱跳的大小伙子，在ＷＡＬＭＡＲＴ偷了一包小孩尿布，被５个保安追上，按倒在地，折磨长达２０多分钟。
不幸的是，小伙子死了。
目击的证人，又偏偏是一个律师。
于是，在ＷＡＬＭＡＲＴ的发家史上，便又多了一页：草菅人命。