Looting - The “Big Easy” Way to Wealth
Looting. sounds like something pirates do. The pilaging of a ship at sea and looting of stores during an emergency are both crimes of opportunity. No law enforcement around, just take what you want. However, there is a mindset to looting that is not present in piracy or any other crime. One looter, when asked if he was salvaging goods from a store he owned answered “Hey, that’s everybody’s store” . A sense of entitlement.
There is always a segment of society who is constrained only by the law and their fear of it. Those who have overcome that fear are criminals. We know how to deal with criminals. Those that have not are your neighbors and co-workers, relatives and just regular folks (just regular folks who happen to have no moral compass whatsoever).
Of course, this behaviour will be excused by the liberals. A Knight-Ridder headline declared ” Need and Greed Trigger Looting” . The greed part was evident, but if you were in need, why take a chance on robbing a store when literally thousands of people have been deployed to help people in need? When you need some toilet paper, does it trigger you to loot a store? Stoopid liberals!!
No, looting is NOT about need, it is about taking advantage of others’ misery to enrich yourself. The fact is that many of these peole now looting stayed in New Orleans after being told to evacuate just so they could take advantage of such a situation. The rest, except those who were physically unable to evacuate, are simply fools, but fools who are endangering the lives of those brave and altruistic men and women who must go in to rescue them.
As always, adversity reveals the character of a man or woman. As things deteriorate in the Big Easy, looters will become vandals, killers, anarchists, and barbarians. It’s a natural progression for those unrestrained by morals, standards or even simple respect for human life.
Then watch the liberals come out to defend the indefensible. Don’t think so? Remember the aquittal of that kid that tried to replace Reginald Denny’s brain with a brick during the L.A. riots? But maybe, just maybe the Cresent City will administer a little justice this time. In N.O., N.O. means NO.
