Rescuers Fired Upon. What Should Be The Response?

[Guynemer]

Take care of yourself, GF. You're a far better man than most of us here, even if I do disagree with you 95% of the time.

[GhengisFarb™]

Thanks, just so everyone's on the same page here:

There are basically two groups of people in New Orleans right now:

1) The people who got stranded there (either by being too stupid to get out or not having the resources to get out) and are basically waiting on someone to get them out. Additionally there are those who chose to stay and guard over their property.

and

2) Hoodlums and Crooks who stayed in New Orleans because they knew they could loot the city after the hurricane. These people stayed for the sole purpose of looting the city and that's it. These are the people with the guns who are shooting at the rescuers and other "authority" type personnel. This is the group the troops are being sent to eliminate. Their scum, their preventing the first group from getting the timely and effecient care and resources they need, and in my opinion they deserve what their gonna get.

A lot of looting was done by the first group too. But they didn't stay in New Orleans to do it, they either did it because they needed the food/water are just saw an opportunity and succombed to the temptation. Their not inherently bad people. The second group is.

[Jon Miller]

yeah, I pretty much agree

there is also crazies (maybe included in the second group)

that would like to kill people, but don't because of fear of society/law

and now have that fear removed

JM

[Sava]

Originally posted by GhengisFarb
Thanks, just so everyone's on the same page here:

There are basically two groups of people in New Orleans right now:

1) The people who got stranded there (either by being too stupid to get out or not having the resources to get out) and are basically waiting on someone to get them out. Additionally there are those who chose to stay and guard over their property.

and

2) Hoodlums and Crooks who stayed in New Orleans because they knew they could loot the city after the hurricane. These people stayed for the sole purpose of looting the city and that's it. These are the people with the guns who are shooting at the rescuers and other "authority" type personnel. This is the group the troops are being sent to eliminate. Their scum, their preventing the first group from getting the timely and effecient care and resources they need, and in my opinion they deserve what their gonna get.

A lot of looting was done by the first group too. But they didn't stay in New Orleans to do it, they either did it because they needed the food/water are just saw an opportunity and succombed to the temptation. Their not inherently bad people. The second group is.

sorry to interrupt...

they're = contraction between THEY and ARE

their = possessive pronoun

[/grammar nazi]

[General Ludd]

It's a good thing you don't have to be intelligent to opperate a firearm.

[GhengisFarb™]

Originally posted by Sava
sorry to interrupt...

they're = contraction between THEY and ARE

their = possessive pronoun

[/grammar nazi]

3) The third group stayed in New Orleans to correct the grammar of the group sent in to kill the 2nd group. The third group was then added to the mission of the military forces to be dealt with after the 2nd group.

[Sava]

Originally posted by GhengisFarb

3) The third group stayed in New Orleans to correct the grammar of the group sent in to kill the 2nd group. The third group was then added to the mission of the military forces to be dealt with after the 2nd group.

[Guynemer]

[GhengisFarb™]

I wouldn't be too worried though, I'm sure the yahoos I'm with will expend all our ammo on the first rabid poodle they run across.

[Richelieu]

Shoot to kill!!!

(the 3rd group that is...)

[Imran Siddiqui]

Originally posted by GhengisFarb
3) The third group stayed in New Orleans to correct the grammar of the group sent in to kill the 2nd group. The third group was then added to the mission of the military forces to be dealt with after the 2nd group.

Stay safe, man!

[Barinthus]

Originally posted by Jon Miller
yeah, I pretty much agree

there is also crazies (maybe included in the second group)

that would like to kill people, but don't because of fear of society/law

and now have that fear removed

JM

I had an interesting discussion with a friend tonight about this and she brought up a good point. It's possible that many of those looters are drug addicts who suddenly cannot get their drugs of choice and they're freaking out, going through withdrawal and stuff like that resulting in this madness.

[GhengisFarb™]

And I'm off!

If I somehow find a computer with internet access I'll try to post some info. Although it will takes us a day and a half to get there.

[MOBIUS]

Originally posted by GhengisFarb
I wouldn't be too worried though, I'm sure the yahoos I'm with will expend all our ammo on the first rabid poodle they run across.

Southern Comfort!

[Az]

Take care, Ghengis!