Peter Aitken wrote:

> THAT IS MY PRECISE POINT FER CHRISSAKE!! I have explicitly said that I agree
> it is OK to shoot people who are firing on authorities. You and others have
> said expicitly that it is OK to shoot someone for JUST LOOTING. If you do
> not see the difference between an unarmed person who is stealing a TV and a
> person who is shooting at the police (and may or may not have been looting
> too) then you are truly beyond help.

I think that it depends on the type of goods being looted and the severity or
nature of the disaster. People taking things like food, water, diapers are
acting out of necessity. People stealing televisions are just plain thieves. I
would not ordinarily support the use of deadly force for theft, but I certainly
do when it comes to looting such goods after a disaster. There has to be some
law and order, and wide scale looting is the start of a downhill plunge in our
civilization.

On Mon, 05 Sep 2005 13:09:57 -0400, in rec.food.cooking, Dave Smith wrote:

>Peter Aitken wrote:
>
>> THAT IS MY PRECISE POINT FER CHRISSAKE!! I have explicitly said that I agree
>> it is OK to shoot people who are firing on authorities. You and others have
>> said expicitly that it is OK to shoot someone for JUST LOOTING. If you do
>> not see the difference between an unarmed person who is stealing a TV and a
>> person who is shooting at the police (and may or may not have been looting
>> too) then you are truly beyond help.
>
>I think that it depends on the type of goods being looted and the severity or
>nature of the disaster. People taking things like food, water, diapers are
>acting out of necessity. People stealing televisions are just plain thieves. I
>would not ordinarily support the use of deadly force for theft, but I certainly
>do when it comes to looting such goods after a disaster. There has to be some
>law and order, and wide scale looting is the start of a downhill plunge in our
>civilization.
>
At one Walgreen's the police were handing out drugs, nappies, etc. to
people. So, were they thieves, looters, what?

As you say, many people were acting out of necessity. It's not as though
they could go to a bank, withdraw some money, and go to a supermarket.

Looters stealing electronic goods, guns, etc, and shooting people, that's
another thing entirely.

Doug
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