Reply #64: Where on earth did you get THAT as my position? [View All]

[mondo joe]

If people take needed food or medicine or other essentials I don't object in the least. I never have, not once, not even close. In fact I have repeatedly said they should and I'd do the same.

Beyond that, looting is a problem that compounds the victimization of the hurricane, and the poor and working class people are the ones who bear the brunt of it. Permitting a climate of lawlessness cannot be a benefit to those survivors still in NO, and as was posted last night there are news reports of both armed gangs and armed families looking to protect themselves - a recipe for disaster.

The US federal government has failed miserably in both the long and short term. But the people of NO are the victims of looting, and they are not the responsible parties.