looting

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by Pyrodrew


Are you saying the plastic wouldn't preserve the merchandise during "complete flooding"?

Correct. Few items are completely sealed, but rather packaged and then given just enough tape to keep the package from unraveling. Complete immersion would allow the water access to the compenents inside.

[MosesPresley]

The water is incredibly polluted too. Who wants to eat anything that has been laying at the bottom of that unless they are desperate?

[Pyrodrew]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
Correct. Few items are completely sealed, but rather packaged and then given just enough tape to keep the package from unraveling. Complete immersion would allow the water access to the compenents inside.

My items were completely sealed, as I mentioned in my 1st post. If it were just some cheap tape I wouldn't have ever mentioned it.

[chequita guevara]

I would remind y'all that Bunnygrrl and I were supposed to get a ride out with friends, but because of circumstances, we had to stay and ride out the storm. When you have to rely on others to get out, it isn't as easy as you would think.

Now I know there are a lot of dumb****s that thought they could ride this out, but not everyone who stayed behind did so by choice.

[Lancer]

che, it might be helpful to the debate if you could go down to the local TV store and loot a soggy TV. Then, bring it home, plug it in, and get back to us on what happens, thanks.

[chequita guevara]

I don't need to loot anything. My city isn't underwater and my power is back on. I'm gonna be late on rent this month though, since I had to spend some of that money on food and replacing perishables.

I only stole when I had no choice, and I haven't stolen food in a long, long time.

[Lancer]

[chequita guevara]

Besides, a soggy tv would cause a circuit to blow.

[Mrs. Tuberski]

Originally posted by MosesPresley
Why aren't those despicable looters eating at their underwater homes? How dare they loot food and necessities.

They should have planned for the hurricane by building an ark. If they were too poor or disabled to build an ark, they should have left the city. They could have asked for rides from their good republican friends who would only have been too glad to help them since they are christians and had all planned so thoroughly before hand as god so willed.

Well, that's pot smoking, anarchist, terrorist coddling, democratic looters for you. They just won't listen, when god says to get building an ark.

Aww such wonderful sarcasm. I would add i am neither rebulican nor democrat or liberal or what ever polotical party u can pull out of a hat. I dont vote in any elections. So on that note Id like to say sure a lot of folks didnt have the means to get out all i was saying is that they had a weeks notice since it blew the windows out of ches place to make proper arrangements, the whole city, not just the residents. And as I said i havent seen a whole lot of looting of food lately its been more of anything and everything u can fit in a floating tote.

[SlowwHand]

I just saw film of, ummm, goods rescuers, rescuing some firearms.
Our only hope can be they mean to eat them.

[Lancer]

Just heard a report of 'bands of gunmen' roaming the streets looting, vandalising... and killing. Lawless barbarians are rampant, the curtain of civilization has fallen away.

I wonder if these people were ever truly civilized? Perhaps they were just being held back by fear of the law rather than civic pride or responsibility. Take away the fear and you have anarchy. I firmly believe that if this happened in Oregon it would happen without the barbarism.

[chequita guevara]

I don't. I've been to Oregon.

[Mrs. Tuberski]

Originally posted by Dis


white trash drinking crappy american beer. At least get the good beer like sam adams. Keystone beer is just pathetic.

Dis with my view in that pic I see more then keystone. I also see red dog bud and bud light looks like a miller light can as well at least the white trash saved the necessities

[Patroklos]

I challenege you, without the aid of scuba equipment, to loot buildings under ten or more feet of water.

Most of the city is not under ten feet of water, just waist deep. In fact the most affluent sections prone to looting are not even under water at all, ie the French Quarter.

[Pyrodrew]

Putting aside the whole is (not) completely sealed let's assume a piece of electronic hardware is out of all packaging. At what point does a looter become justified to take this item that's not destroyed? If they say they believe they are "saving these nonnecessities from the hurricane/flood" and the owner left his shop is that good enough, regardless of the future hurricane/flood damage to the store? Or are there justified looting times and locations that perhaps should be posted in a public area and on the internet? I'm sure most looters merchandise rescuers have a sharp eye for determining what nonnecessities "will be destroyed anyways".

What slogan would a pro-looter use to endorse this good type of looting for nonnecessities?

"When you care enough to loot the very best."
"Looting everywhere you want to be."
"TVs and PCs... thousands of dollars. Looting them... priceless."