I don't know whether it has been mentioned

[Greylyn58]

in all the threads talking about the violence happening in NO, but it occurs to me that while there is a criminal element in what is happening(there always is in most large cities), that some of the violence is being perpetrated my people who have lost their minds. They have been pushed to their limits by the events happening around them and their minds have finally snapped.

They are shell-shocked, hungry, thirsty and desperate and some may have just totally lost it.

Most of the people we've seen are hungry, thirsty, tired, and angry(and rightly so), but they have behaved with dignity considering how desperate things are for them. I only hope if I were to ever go through anything close to this I could remain so.

I've only experience one hurricane in my life. It was when Hurricane Hugo ripped into Charlotte in 1989 after it tore through Charleston. Not something I would like to go through again. It was the most incredibly surreal experience and we didn't have the flooding mixed in.

The remaining people of NO need to be removed immediately and treated with as much help and kindness as we can give them. They are after-all our fellow citizens and this should never have been allowed to happen to them.

[BrklynLiberal]

1. Well said..

:applause:

[Greylyn58]

3. Thank You

I just felt it needed to be said.

[mzteris]

2. exactly

many homeless people are mentally ill. Many of those ex-military suffering from PTSD from Nam or Gulf War. They may well think they've been attacked.

Any mentally ill left behind who MAY have been getting treatment, are obviously off of their meds.

Any on the brink - well this certainly would have pushed them over.

[Greylyn58]

4. You know I wasn't even thinking about former Vets

but I was thinking of anyone that was homeless before this began. I've always read that many homeless people are mentally ill and something like this would be the catalyst for becoming violent.