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Originally posted by kafromTN
Did you watch O'Reilly factor the other night?
The dude on there used the same excuse you just did about "using a big screen t.v. to bargain for food" what kind of idiot thinks a t.v. will do them any good in the city with no electricity? It's a damn cop out. That dude is a looter, pure& simple, I don't care if he's black, white, asian, purple, blue or whatever, he is a criminal.
Is it ok for people to steal jewlery& cars?
No, it's not. I totally understand food, water, clothing [in moderate amounts] but not t.v.'s, stereo equipment, jewlery, other electronics, that is theft& I have no sympathy for people like that. People keep defending the looters like they didn't do anything wrong& that's the problem, they did & they need to accept responsibility for their actions.
-Mark
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No, I didn't watch O'Reilly factor the other night. But I did use common sense.
If you had a 2 year old child who hasn't eaten anything in days and someone walks up to you with a loaf of bread and some diapers, saying that they will exchange that loaf of bread and diapers for a plasma tv. You'll do what you have to do to get that plasma tv. The last thing you're thinking about is where this dummy is planning on plugging in this tv. YOUR CHILD NEEDS FOOD, AND THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERS. At this point, I don't care what anyone says, it's about survival. As I stated before, we're in the comfort of our own homes not
really knowing what's going on... The media shows us what they want us to see. Don't be an educated fool.
I know what looting is. I saw it when I stood outside of my home in the middle of the Rodney King LA Riots.
Mark, I never mentioned whether or not I felt that it had anything to do with race. My initial post clearly explained that we do not know what exactly is going on, so instead of using energy criticizing what's going on, try to HELP! If you're not going to help, then that's also up to you.
But now that you mention it, I do feel that race has an integral role in this situation. As stated over and over on this board, I find it hard to understand how our president could find all the necessary resources to help internationally, but not in his own backyard. In addition, it's quite interesting how articles mentions black people "looting" and white people "finding". All that is happening now is the truth is beginning to surface, like the bodies of deceased corpses are beginning to surface in New Orleans. People are speaking out and they're speaking the truth. Truth hurts sometimes, but reality is not always painless.
Don't get defensive, I'm just stating the facts. You're entitled to your own opinion. Our country of "freedom" gives you the right of free speech as well. We may agree to disagree.