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Originally Posted by EASYRIDER
Not all looters are shooting at the authorities. You are lumping all looters into one catagory. Simply not the case. It's easy to talk tough on your computer about shooting people.  |
In situations such as what is happening in NOLA it's not about the tennis shoes, et. al. it's about the resources that are now being used to find these guys and stop them. Add to that the fact there are no jails right now, they are underwater, so anyone captured has to be guarded in the open - thus more manpower used. All those folks involved in stopping the looting and guarding the prisoners could be out finding someone who needs help, evacuating someone, making things better in general for people in need. When given these circumstances I'd rather the aid go to the people in need; they are innocent. The folks looting are not. It isn't easy to think that from a keyboard. I hope I'm never faced with that situation. I feel sorry for those in NOLA right now that are. Fact is, you have to do the most expedient thing to save those who deserve to be saved. Right now that means shooting looters. Hopefully, they will stop after the first few are removed from the picture. However, as communications are none existant there I doubt it.