"Roy" wrote in message
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On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 18:10:00 GMT, "Snooze" wrote:

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==="Herb" wrote in message
===news:6%cRe.27090$Uz2.22252@trnddc02...
=== Good thing we have the national guard available to for deployment
to
=== assist their state in times of disaster and to prevent looting.
===
=== -S
===
=== You're absolutely right Snooze, since the governor of each state
has
=== publicly stated that they have plenty of National Guardsmen
available
=== to meet any need they have. If you really had the courage of your
=== conviction, you'd recommend the governor issue shoot to kill
orders for
=== the looters, that way it wouldn't take that many Guardsmen or
Police.
=== Once the word was out that looting will cost your life, it
wouldn't
=== last long.
===
===
===The Koreans did exactly that, permission or not, in the Rodney King
riots,
===seems word got out really quickly.
===
===-S
===
Word does not have to get out, its instinct and hard wired in these
people, did I say people, I meant to say animals.........They are
always looking for an opening to take advantage of ANY situation.The
FOX coverage of them walking around nonchalantly right after Katrina
passed through, The French Quarter pretty well dry and intact, and
isolated from the rest of NO, they new darn well they could pretty
well do what they wanted and get away with it......so they went for
it.......Even with officers there with shotguns pointed at them did
little to deter them, as they knew they were not gonna get shot, and
they more than likely were not gonna get arrested and hauled in tot
jail since they could not transport those arrested and try and stem
further looting while they were gone.......They shjould shoot em all
on sight if they have so much as a gal of milk or a lopad of bread,
since there is not once busiiness open in that city and selling food
and other merchandise......see a brand new pair of NIKEs on them odds
they ripped em off at the Footlooker that they so diligenlty tore
apart and plundered.......scumballs are what they are and they have no
place in socieity.

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I think that under the circumstances there is a big difference between those
trying to get food and drinking water and those that are looting for the
sake of it for material gain - afterall any electronic goods will be shot
with the flood water, clothing might also fall under the essentials
category. Under the same circumstances, as a law abiding citizen (UK) I
think that I would do everything in my power to provide my family with food
and clean drinking water. What disturbs me is that there does not appear to
be any coordinated effort to "legally" loot these shops and get the food and
drinking water to those that so obviously need it - leaving it to waste and
rot and become submerged is equally as criminal...surely part of the
recovery focus should be on salvaging as much as possible for use by those
in dire need left in this city....but I guess it is a manpower issue.

I am very concerned with the news that I see coming out of this city and the
surrounding areas. I am worried about the sheer scale of evacuation with
limited resources that is going to need to take place to get those lucky
enough to survive out of there. I am worried that those that sought
sanctuary in the Superdome might not find it their ultimate prison....I hope
very much that this won't be the case....I'm worried about the lack of
reports of aid going into the area.....

I think that because of the nature of the reputation of the States as a
super power you are not getting the help that you need from the rest of the
world...when you look at the response to the Tsunami tragedy on boxing day -
draw your own comparisons - potentially this is a disaster on the same (if
not greater) scale.

I've never had to face the dilemma of leaving my home to an uncertain
fate...I cannot comment on how I would cope with it or whether indeed I
could do it....on balance I believe that life is more important than
property...but for the elderly, infirm and poverty stricken this is no more
an option in our society than for those in third world countries....some may
have stayed because they didn't truly believe that it would happen but
others will have remained because they had no choice.

All this being said, I am very glad that you got out. I don't know the exact
region where you live but I am guessing it was affected....

I wonder if New Orleans will ever recover from this....but the focus should
not just be on this city but on other communities that will never, ever be
the same.

Gill