Walking down the avenues (the mall), my self and a friend started to chat about the avenue mall and how its huge etc etc… but then he told me that its being labeled as a land mark in Kuwait! So we discussed what defines a land mark and this is what i have found out on the web:

(source http://www.thefreedictionary.com)

So you can see after reading the above it may work with 1 and 2, but do we as Kuwaities would like to have a mall as a land mark, before you start the Harrods (UK) land mark thing let me explain; we as Kuwaities naming a mall as a land mark just proves our ignorance that we are consumer based citizens, we live to buy. The provoking issue that pisses me off is that how unethical, uneducated we are in purchasing whatever we desire before giving it a second thought. Nike and sonia rykiel for instance had sweat shops that paid 13 year old kids 60 cents to create a 45 kd garment! we as Kuwaities are promoting such action or maybe not for Nike or sonia rykiel anymore but others brands that are capitalizing on our ignorance. The other thing is when some claim that a mall such as the avenues is an economical benefit is quite wrong, the franchiser are getting a monthly 6 to 8% out of sales going to the original owners and when we spend money on such non Kuwaiti business our Kuwaiti dinar is leaving the economic cycle and creating a leak that is growing each year that leads to a weaker KD. Again i’m not against international businesses but to define the avenue shopping mall as a land mark that has no history or benefit to the Kuwaiti society then i guess that is ridiculous. Let me know what you think and if you  do consider it as a land mark, why?

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