No sympathy for such lowlife opportunistic thieves. If it was an essential of life like water, bread, baby needs, that's survival. You can't fault people for getting the basics.
But all the rest? No sympathy for their 15 year sentence. Although, I might be happy with a 5 year sentence and some ridiculously huge number of public service hours. A number big enough that would take several years to work off.
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Originally Posted by lindalove
... boosting stereos and iPods is clearly an attempt at making money down the road. I'm sure the same could be argued for booze, but it's just a drink... a liquid... something that could easily be broken, go bad, or made worthless by not being taken care of properly (see: hurricane time and conditions). Also, let's not forget that I'm sure many, many people at that time just wanted a drink. I know that's how my family were during the hurricanes that hit Florida.
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Beer goes flat if you shake it too much, or if it's REALLY old, but that's it. Liquor doesn't "go bad". No one steals alcohol because they're thirsty, especially not in the huge amount that they stole.
And you know... if they came out of the store looking fucked up and devastated like everyone else, and had a single bottle of something, I doubt most people would care. The person just wants to go hide in a bottle for a little bit. Maybe his whole family is dead. But these people stole a TON of stuff.
Let them rot.