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Telly Savalas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 01:50 PM
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Post something here about looting that hasn't already been said at DU.
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Squatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 01:52 PM
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1. Give a hoot, don't loot.
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dbackjon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 01:52 PM
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2. WWJL
What would Jesus loot?
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Telly Savalas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 02:02 PM
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21. Do ya feel lucky, punk?


Well, do ya?
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-..__... Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 02:05 PM
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26. My child was looter of the month at NO Junior High.
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progmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 01:52 PM
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3. oooh - me first!
I don't believe that a single person has said that looting is ok in every situation.
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Telly Savalas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 02:04 PM
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25. Actually, I've been arguing that point.
Now if you'll excuse me, I've gotta find my baseball bat so I can make a trip to the corner store to get some milk.
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tammywammy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 02:26 PM
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41. hahahaha
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

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peekaloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 01:53 PM
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4. Crazy Gary's Pawn Shop is open for bidness!
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Roland99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 01:53 PM
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5. Rhymes with shooting?
Could be misconstrued as lewding? ;)
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 01:54 PM
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6. The "oo" looks like eyes, which brings to mind
Edited on Wed Aug-31-05 01:54 PM by jobycom
the optometrist sign in "The Great Gatsby," whose itular character made money dishonestly, probably selling loot now and then.
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RobertSeattle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 01:54 PM
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7. Amateurs loot the Convenience Stores, Grocery Stores, and Walmart
Pro's loot the US Treasury.
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nothingshocksmeanymore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 01:55 PM
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8. ...
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Telly Savalas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 01:58 PM
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16. Well that's kind of the point.
Even though the discussion has devolved past the "I know you are but what am I" point 24 hours ago, it still seems to be raging.

Although I concede that maybe I should quit whining about it and just use the "hide thread" button more aggressively.
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nothingshocksmeanymore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 02:15 PM
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35. I don't think so
Edited on Wed Aug-31-05 02:16 PM by nothingshocksmeanymo
Some of the threads are started solely for the purpose of flame wars as are the "where is the foreign aid for us?" crap. Once upon a time people used to get tombstoned for spamming with pure right wing talking points and crap.

I'm waiting for a good so-called progressive to ask what the UN is going to do for us?
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Telly Savalas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 02:21 PM
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37. This thread was not intended as flame bait.
It's pretty hard to give a serious response to this thread because the topic has been beaten to death. I was expecting people to crack jokes in response, and for the most part that's what's happening.
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SalmonChantedEvening Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 01:56 PM
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9. You have been charged with loot behavior.
:P
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knowbody0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 01:56 PM
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10. if my family waded in sewer water
and were hungry and thirsty, i would take what we needed. no doubt about it.
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 01:56 PM
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11. Nobody's looting the fruitcakes from The Christmas Tree Shop. n/t
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-..__... Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 01:56 PM
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12. If the looters swarmed Hooters...
would they go for the Buffalo Shrimp or the 5 Wing Flappatizer?
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likesmountains 52 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 01:57 PM
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13. They were just moving the merchandise to higher ground...
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Squatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 01:58 PM
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15. LOL! Nominated as the best explanation!
:toast:
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KittyWampus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 01:58 PM
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14. what happens when men start taking rage out on women?
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Squatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 01:59 PM
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18. Looting the pootie?
Edited on Wed Aug-31-05 02:05 PM by Squatch
/apologies everybody.
//many, many apologies
///mea, mea culpa

:spank:
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Nikki Stone 1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 02:00 PM
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20. Self delete
Edited on Wed Aug-31-05 02:01 PM by Nikki Stone 1
...
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sniffa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 02:10 PM
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33. what happens when you post this in other Looting threads?
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KittyWampus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 02:23 PM
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39. Well, I'm now invoking Lord of the Flies.... here's a graphic
Edited on Wed Aug-31-05 02:23 PM by cryingshame


interesting study in human behavior.

in New Orleans and DU as well.

I'm a cultural anthropologist by training and tend to step outside of some situations emotionally.
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Nicholas D Wolfwood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 01:59 PM
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17. Can this be the last looting thread?
:shrug:
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Telly Savalas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 02:03 PM
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22. Or at least there can be a DU Looting Group...
and they can all be moved there.
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Cats Against Frist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 01:59 PM
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19. You put your left loot in, you put your left loot out
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titoresque Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 02:03 PM
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23. Robin Looterhood would be proud!
and "I brake for looters!"

take it all..........BACK!
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Wickerman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 02:04 PM
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24. Ever posted on DU at work? Read it for longer than your 15 min break?
How much do you make an hour? How much does a loaf a bread cost? Fuck all the righteous indignation.
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Squatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 02:06 PM
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27. Only during my lunchbreak.
Which happens to fall between 8 AM and 5 PM.
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Wickerman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 02:08 PM
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28. Cool for you
so, obviously you are sympathetic to the "looters". :thumbsup:
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nothingshocksmeanymore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 02:22 PM
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38. bless you my child
I'm about to cannonize some DU'ers as saints simply for their moral absolutism :D
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Wickerman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 02:25 PM
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40. ain't it the truth
I'm thinking most DUers never exceed the speed limit or roll thru a stop sign.

Saint Wickerman, I like it.
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nothingshocksmeanymore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 02:32 PM
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42. I just wanna stick some of these posters waste deep in the muddy
and test their moral superiority after hours without food, water or basic services
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ret5hd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 02:10 PM
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31. No shit!
or gotten too much change from a cashier?

and most importantly: if you can walk on water, why the hell ain't you helping out in new orleans?
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Egalitariat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 02:09 PM
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29. Looting kills people. Looters are partly to blame for people who don't
evacuate. Some people stay behind to protect their stuff from people who will steal it from them at an opportune time.

One-fourth of the blame goes to sheer stupidity. One-fourth goes to the news media who "cry wolf" so often that nobody respects them when the big one really comes. One-fourth of the blame goes to "Re-Entry Block" orders after mild hurricanes, and the last fourth goes to looters who drive people to stay behind so they can protect their stuff.
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katsy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 02:09 PM
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30. Someone get oxygen to Kyra Phillips!
She's freaking out!

"Looting! Looters! What about the looters? Looting! Looty Looty Loot Loot Looooooooters Loooooting looky looky at the looooters looting!"


If you're that bothered sweety, grab your rifle and go stop the looting looters.
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KG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 02:10 PM
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32. steal a little they'll call you a thief, steal alot and
they'll make you a king.

in the grand scheme of things, the NO looting is such a non-issue for me.
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Opusnone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 02:34 PM
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43. A man who steals a fishing hook is called a thief, a man
who steals a country is called a king.
I don't remember who said that but you get the idea.
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meganmonkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 02:11 PM
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34. JAW with his loot
(I love Google Images)

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turbo_satan Donating Member (308 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 02:20 PM
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36. OK. After 9/11, it didn't take long for BushCo...
to loot the Treasury.
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Viking12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-31-05 04:46 PM
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44. Looters are doing business owners a favor
They probably have insurance for theft but not flood.
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