I’ve not been a fan of Wal-mart after reading about their lousy employment practices and the tendency to put local businesses, well, out-of-business.

But now I can’t stand them, and will be boycotting them. Wal-Mart is building a store right up against the site of some magnificent 2000-year old ruins in Mexico: Teotihuacan. That’s just criminal – and residents believe so too and have filed criminal and civil complaints against the authorities who approved the construction.

See: CNN.com – Fight over Wal-Mart at Mexico ruins:

The Teotihuacan construction site lies less than a mile (1.6 km) from the gated tourist park housing the main ruins and is visible from atop the Pyramid of the Sun that has defined the skyline for 2,000 years.
[from cnn.com]