looting

[boann]

is it looting when your just trying to get water and food.
or maybe diapers for a baby?
when the whole city is underwater and nothing is open and you have no idea when help will arrive.

ok i know stealing TV's and VCR's anytime is looting.
everyone knows that.. but on the news they were showing people with a bag of bread and soda..
people holding diapers.. and saying they were looters.

[lord of the mark]

i thought the same thing when i saw the mention of diapers, Boann.

[KrazyHorse]

Legally it's looting.

Doesn't make it wrong, though.

[chequita guevara]

Jewish tradition says it's okay to break the law if you need it for survival. I have always agreed.

[BeBMan]

In case of an emergency life comes first, then property. So while it is technically still looting I wouldn't say it is evil in such a situation when you need something for the baby.....of course if they just took the chance to loot everything they could get it is a different case.

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
Jewish tradition says it's okay to break the law if you need it for survival. I have always agreed.

The principle is called Pkuach nefesh, and says that saving a life trumps any other specific Jewish law. Exception is made for certain capital crimes, since obviously in those cases the violation is considered graver than the sanctity of life. (And none of those categories of exceptions involves property crimes)

[Lancer]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
Jewish tradition says it's okay to break the law if you need it for survival. I have always agreed.

I can corroborate this. Che has always agreed with Jewish tradition.

[chequita guevara]

[Lancer]

[Lancer]

Glad you're ok Che. I'm watching black people getting plucked off of roofs on FOX. Water is up to the eves...

[chequita guevara]

Thank you, Lancer.

[Ecthy]

Che is the only black Jew in thw world.

[chequita guevara]

Don't let Sammy Davis Jr. hear you say that.

[KrazyHorse]

I know at least 2 superstar musicians who would disagree with you...

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by Lancer


I can corroborate this. Che has always agreed with Jewish tradition.

we'll bring him around to the dark side yet. I just gotta dig up the 1930s Reform Rabbi who said something more or less like "Reform Judaism is the religion, of which socialism is the practice"