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To: combjelly who wrote (249225)	9/4/2005 9:52:01 AM
From: RetiredNow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571707

You obviously haven't been reading the articles I've been reading. There was one eyewitness account of some Australian tourists who were in the Superdome. They talked about how gangs were roaming around with guns and their drugs and threatening everyone. The Aussies had to send escorts with their women to protect them from rape. They said the inside of the Superdome was unbelievably lawless and everyone was scared they wouldn't make it out alive. They weren't afraid of starvation or dehydration, although those lingered in the background. Rather, they were afraid of the gangs of criminals stalking everyone. Again, raping and shooting at rescuers aren't the actions of people with value, desperate or not. If I'm trying to feed my family, I will most certainly run into a grocery store and steal all the food and water I can get. I would NOT rape some woman, just because I thought I could get away with it. That type of action is very simply performed by a criminal mind with no values. Where do you get criminal minds with no values? Prisons. That's why we have them in this country. That article explains alot about the criminal, gang behavior in the aftermath of the hurricane.

To: combjelly who wrote (249225)	9/4/2005 5:01:03 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1571707

"If I'm desperate and my family is starving, what is my first reaction?" Bullshit is as bullshit does. Would you break into a store and get water and food for them? Would you shoot at a helicopter to attract attention? The images of the looting were almost totally of people getting the necessities. Looters felt a need to approach reporters to explain what they were doing. They felt they didn't have a choice. Yes, there were some who engaged in criminal behavior. That always happens in the wake of a hurricane, regardless of where it strikes. Which is why the National Guard is boots on the ground within hours. Not days. Some of the worst criminal behavior was in the relative safety of the Superdome and convention center. As you say, most people who were looting in the neighborhoods were doing so out of necessity. The middle class, particularly the white middle class, refuses to believe they might do the same.......then again, they rarely, if ever, have experienced the feeling of utter desperation. ted