Re: OT - New Orleans looting



john.vampatella@xxxxxxxxx writes:

> Just a quick question for anyone interested. Obviously a natural
> disaster in New Orleans...a terrible thing. But why do people feel
> like such a disaster gives them the right to enter Wal Mart or other
> stores, and start stealing televisions, toys, etc. Bread, water, etc,
> I could understand. But how are you now free to take an X-box, or a
> plasma screen television?
>
> What does this say about human nature?

That there are many people in this world who, if they think they can get
away with it, will enrich themselves by stealing. Some loot WalMart,
some loot pension funds.

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Keith Willoughby http://flat222.org/keith/
The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting,
it has been found difficult and left untried."
-- G K Chesterton
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