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Originally posted by Kamryn
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.
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I'd saying being an apolgist is as bad as an educated fool... because the "scenario" you described sounds pretty BS to me - one the effort required to grab a plasma screen TV would be a hell of a lot less that aquiring food or diapers (or a subsitute). Besides it's not like the looting happened only after days of frustration or desperation - it happened pretty much immediately... I mean just look at the Webcam site I posted in the Chit Chat thread about the hurricane.
If your under the impression that the looting was a media manufactured or inflated problem then I'm sorry to say you are the one looking like the educated fool.