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Yesterday, there was some discussion about how authorities should handle the looting situation.

Many posters excoriated those who believed that drastic measures should have been taken to prevent looting.

So much for abstractions. In the real world, we now can see how this 'hands off' policy regarding looters is playing out.

Look at the blogs from people inside New Orleans. Reports of murders, rapes, rape-murders, arson, armed gangs of roving thugs, assaults on EMT's and rescue workers, and shootings are rampant across the blogosphere.

For those hand-wringers with the delicate sensibilities who were vocal in advocating a kinder, gentler approach to looting - welcome to the Real World.