What's the root of evil?

Unlike many people suggesting money is the root of all evil, it is selfishness. Here's a typical story of would-be robbers trying to get new PS3's. New channels showed people trampled and assaulted for the new consoles. Now, if it were medically necessary medicine, I could see an uproar, but this is sadistic. The company itself both benefits and loses with this strategy of low production due to [insert your reason here]. The idol (here the PS3, and before it was the XBOX and new Tickle-Me-Elmo, et al) is worshiped. Still, others buy the idol and sell it for many times it's price and real worth. Either braggarts or fools then buy the overpriced item to be the first "kid on the block" to have one.

I thought instatntly what they should have done was have officers posted nearby with a large paddy wagon to escort all the assailants that morning. This isn't new and was very predictable. If a person would trample and assault someone for a console, they would do so for more "important" reasons as well. They are, in fact, criminals in the wait or previously unseen.