Why I feel bad for looters... (polishing the brass on the titanic)

[RPM]

I feel bad for those looting non foodstuffs - why? They don't know how fucked they are. Seriously, what the fuck good would a sofa or a playstation do under the circumstances? One has no power and his livingroom is likely under water... It's like watching someone who hasnt prepared for an exam and doesnt know the hell they are in for - they are simply polishing the brass on the Titanic. At the end of the day, you can't eat a couch or a video game console - anyone taking anything other than necessities is a complete idiot who is about to be darwined...

sorry - had to get it off my chest.

[Birthmark]

1. Good analysis. eom

[Pepper32]

2. Yes, it's obvious they are not thinking clearly. However, let's continue

...to kick them while their drowning. That will show them...

I'm surprised they are still calling them Looters and not Insurgents.
:sarcasm:

[RPM]

3. why do the looters hate wal-mart..er,ahem, i mean, Amerikkka?

:crazy:

[Pithlet]

5. I've changed my mind.

The looter patrol in GD have convinced me. Looting is bad. They should burn in hell. How dare they. Bad, bad, bad. They should be ashamed. Shame, shame, shame! Vile scum of the lowest order, those looters. Who do they think they are? Their punishment should be priority one. The whole moral fabric of society depends on it.

[RPM]

6. their punishment cometh and right soon...

[MalibuChloe]

4. yes you are right

but i can't figure out where this uncivilized mentality comes from...I mean, who would think - under such circumstances - to go and steal a television. I can almost understand stealing food or water - perhaps the fear of seeing your children go hungry or thirsty would make you do something like that - but a stereo, a television???

WHAT?????

[Demonaut]

7. a looted and water logged TV is just so much useless plastic and glass

let them have it, insurance claims and FEMA will help put most of the former owners

[ofrfxsk]

8. I don't feel bad for the "looters"

They might be polishing brass but they're not helping the 90% of people who would like to survive. They're the types who've always been in it for themselves and them alone. Screw the men, women and children who wanted a decent life.
That 90% is who I care about. They're the ones who are going to suffer because some little greedy thugs fucked it up.
Am I wrong?

[miss_kitty]

9. I'll repeat a post I made earlier tonight on a sunken thread:

And all y'all can ignore it here too :)

Looting is not all that widespread. Most of the people are NOT looting,

whether it's only food being taken or if some policeman decides to score a top of the line computer and a 27" flat screen TV and takes it away in a shopping cart belonging to the store being robbed. There is a complex psychology and sociology behind mob behaviour and looting. We can probably blame our fascination and concern with looting on MSM.

From some site on the web:
by Henry W. Fischer III
Department of Sociology
Millersville University of Pennsylvania
Millersville, Pennsylvania 17551
"... Looting is perhaps the behavior most expected by the public and officials. Police departments usually talk about the fear and incidence of looting, the media report stories of its occurrence, and governors call out the National Guard to "protect against" it. Potential victims or survivors often report that they will not leave their homes because they fear looting. They paint signs which read: "DON'T LOOT OR WE'LL SHOOT!" While looting does sometimes occur, concern over it far exceeds the rate at which it actually takes place. Unfortunately, excessive time and resources are often expended on looting which could be better employed in mitigating against and responding to higher priorities..."

"...WHY WE BELIEVE THE DISASTER MYTHOLOGY
Mass Media as a Source of Information on Disasters
...Soft versus Hard News. A hard news story is one which relates the basic factual information to the reader, e.g., disaster agent (flood, hurricane, tornado, chemical spill), duration of event (storm blew through the area for four hours), how long it took to restore essential services (the electricity was out for eight hours).
A soft news story describes alleged behavioral aspects of the event, e.g., a search for a lost cat, search and rescue encounters, convergence activities. These news stories often focus on the tales the survivors have to tell about their ordeal. For example, the police chief of one town told reporters that looting threatened to become a problem but the National Guard was called out in time to forestall it (Fischer, 1998). When asked how many looters had been apprehended, the chief said, "none, but many were spotted by witnesses."

The greater the emphasis on soft, versus hard news, the greater the likelihood that myths will appear in the story (Fischer, 1998). As soon as the reporter ventures into the personal experiences of those who were there, the news story becomes more a news story. When the reporter makes the mistake of accepting statements as factually correct, he unwittingly passes on myths which reinforce the view that behavioral response to disaster is characterized by the breakdown of the norms of good citizenship."


http://www.colorado.edu/IBS/hazards/qr/qr117.html