[TAG] *sigh* another disaster, another nose count...

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Thu, Sep 01, 2005 at 05:01:17PM -0400, Benjamin A. Okopnik wrote:
> Mike... let me repeat this, so that perhaps you'll have another chance
> to hear it: NO POTABLE WATER. NO FOOD. NO SANITATION. NO STORES OPEN. NO
> SUPPLIES OF ANY KIND THAT CAN BE BOUGHT; NO BANKS WORKING TO GET MONEY
> FROM.
> 
> Are you getting the picture yet? "Looting drug addicts" is the picture
> sold to you by the media - I simply cannot believe that you can actually
> *think* about the issue and come out with the statement you've made.

I don't believe anyone said that *everyone* taking things from
abandoned retail stores was a looter.

But I've seen, first hand, news crews interviewing (and attempting to
interview) people who were making off with things which pretty clearly
were not survival nceessities.

Cheers,
-- jra
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