Originally Posted by JumpinJesus

Is anyone else watching footage of this and listening to the reports and thinking Lord of the Flies come to fruition in real life?

I'm watching the complete collapse of civilization in a confined space and am realizing that this is what will cause the human race to become extinct. We've become so accustomed to modern technology that the absence of electricity is now considered life-threatening.

While I am sympathetic to those who are searching for necessitites for survival, I can't help but think that it's the very technology that's made our lives easier that has made us unable to survive without them.

I also see the looting and the utter anarchy that seems to be reigning in New Orleans as quite a statment on our culture of consumerism.