Re: Very disappointed with Bush on Gulf Coast Disaster
- From: maureen <maureen@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 11:31:23 -0400
On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 01:06:16 -0400, emily2@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 02:25:59 GMT, Rita <nitany_98@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>The scenes of the lotting on TV looked like a slice of hell. Some
>>may be helping themselvs to needed food and drinks with no place
>>to buy them.
>
>What kind of idiot wouldn't have stocked up on emergency supplies
>before the hurricane?
Someone poor with no money to buy anything other than food geared to
the weekly budget. I read in my local Canadian newspaper this morning
that one older lady , carrying two large plastic bags filled with
food, had stolen it to sustain herself and the eight grandchildren she
was looking after until relief workers were able to help them.
>Possibly some old, sick, or seriously
>handicapped people, but they aren't the ones out looting. And it's
>not only food and drink they're stealing, it's TV sets and anything
>else they can carry. It's disgusting. It makes me sick. I
>understand why the authorities are not doing anything about it, but
>I'd still like to see them hang a few of them up by their thumbs from
>whatever structures remain that would support their weight.
>Emily
While some people were criminally looting, others were looting for
food to sustain themselves and their families through this ordeal. The
large majority of the people who stayed in New Orleans were the poor
who couldn't afford the money to relocate for however short a time.
While I wouldn't want to see the looters hanged by their thumbs I'm
certainly all for punishing them for their criminality and the
ugliness they brought into this terrible tragedy.
maureen
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