On 24/1/07 23:44, in article ,
"Alan Holmes" wrote:


"Sacha" wrote in message
. uk...
snip Whatever the rights and wrongs of the ship, the shipping company,
insurance
or the lack of it, it is NOT right to steal things that belong to others,
whether it's a couple moving home or a large factory in China. And this
was
stealing, whether the law calls it that or not. The idea that the thieves
have 28 days in which to fill in a form and return it is just a piece of
passing the buck bureaucratic nonsense. The stuff taken from that beach
is
already appearing for sale on eBay.

But had the shipping company not overloaded the ship this calamity would not
have happened.

The blame lays fair and square with the company.

That may be so and I'm sure an inquiry will go into all that. But
regardless of that, people did not have to behave like pigs at the trough.
That was *their* choice, regardless of the causes and circumstances and what
transpired was genuinely indecent, IMO.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/
(remove weeds from address)