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08-31-2005, 02:43 PM
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Re: Shoot Them........
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Martial law and shooting looters after huricanes use to be SOP(standard operating procedures). As a teenager I would watch the news coverage of hurricane damage and the policy of shooting looters was common place. I'm not sure why the current state govenors are not doing so. [/ QUOTE ] Sorry, but I cant see shooting someone on sight because they lifted a ******* TV or a can of green beans. My guess it that the governor isnt having this done because he realizes how stupid it is. [/ QUOTE ] The Governor is a woman. Furthermore, I don't think it's stupid. Looting is one of the lowest things anyone can do. It's on the level of child molestation in my book. [/ QUOTE ] Are we destined to repeat the mistakes that should have learned from the LA riots where store owners posted gunmen on top of their buildings to protect their property? It created so much more potentially dangerous situations as well as creating long lasting community tensions than the property was worth. Besides, this isn't a third world country where anarchy rules I'm all for protecting one's safety (I won't hesitate to use any force neccessary to protect myself or my family) but IMO, one life (yes, even a scuzbag opportunist) is worth a hell of alot more than a truckload of TVs or greenbeans. 
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#22
08-31-2005, 02:44 PM
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Re: Shoot Them........
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I think killing people for looting is perfectly acceptable. [/ QUOTE ] There is something seriously wrong with this mindset.
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#23
08-31-2005, 03:03 PM
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Re: Shoot Them........
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.....where store owners posted gunmen on top of their buildings to protect their property? It created so much more potentially dangerous situations..... [/ QUOTE ] Only for the looters.
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#24
08-31-2005, 03:06 PM
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Beneficial side effects of Martial Law
As many of you have probably read, we have a crisis in this country, with the poverty rate skyrocketing over the last 4 years of the Bush administration.
As many of you also probably know, most of the people remaining in New Orleans during the hurricane were unable to leave because they were impoverished and didn't have access to transportation, or have anywhere else to go, or simply couldn't afford to leave. By declaring martial law and shooting looters on sight (presumably, the vast majority of whom are likely to be at or below the poverty level), the Bush administration could both solve the looting problem, and make a dent in that worrying poverty rate. A little pressure on the Governor from the White House, and voila!
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08-31-2005, 03:19 PM
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Re: What should happen to the New Orleans looters?
Historically where does the money come from for rebuilding after hurricanes? Is the majority from insurance or Federal funds?
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08-31-2005, 03:22 PM
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Re: What should happen to the New Orleans looters?
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Don't waste our valuable, yet limited, resources on something as insignificant (given the context of the disaster) as a property crime. In short, do nothing. [/ QUOTE ] Amazing you find property insignificant. That's what the disaster is. People had plenty of time to leave, I assume those who stayed were protecting their property or remaining near the services provided by "things" (like property). People have died protecting their property. To you it is all "insignificant"?
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#28
08-31-2005, 03:29 PM
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Re: What should happen to the New Orleans looters?
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By my way of thinking, they are now valueless items and should be free. Open the doors of the grocery stores and let people have the stuff. [/ QUOTE ] I don't think it's "free". They could definitely leave an IOU. Starving is one thing ... what do you do about the guy who decided the flood was a good opportunity to get his fiance an engagement ring?
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