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Originally Posted by roachboy
what i find most amazing, however, is that folk above seem to have been more bothered by the private property being removed than by the social conditions that were revealed through katrina and the multiple debacles involved with it and its aftermath.
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Huh? From where...did you infer
that? Based on that, I can also infer, from your post, that you believe that because these people were poor, that they had a
right to steal private property. I don't think so.
You mentioned several times about if we could only view these people as human beings. Oh...wait a minute...no, that was "folk" as human beings...that's more neighborly, and down home, isn't it? Well, in order for me to view someone as a human being, the first step, it would seem, is to not behave as a pack of animals.
Look...conditions post Katrina were horendous beyond our capacity to appreciate. Social structure breaks down. I understand that. To further complicate the situation...help was
not readily forthcoming...regardless of who's at fault. Suffice to say that it sucked...a lot? Does this give one the green light to steal whatever is not nailed down? And in some cases, that which
is?
You compared their crime to that of stealing a car. Y'know...I'd have rather they tried to steal a car. Steal a car and try to get out and remove your family from that devestation.
That I could see more readily than stealing alcohol. Maybe I'm looking at this all wrong, I don't know....but I don't think that just because your life sucks, that you should be given a free pass to do as you please.