Looting?

[ARon]

It's wrong to loot for Tv's anything like that, but for clothes and food, no. I have no problem with them doing that. But the latter is wrong, yes.

 

[not really ken]

Yesterday I got to a T.V after ages and watched it on the news. My opinion on the 'looting'. If they're 'stealing' items neccesary for survival it is 100% legitimate in my conservative eyes! Why?Because the laws are there to protect and serve the people of the city. If those same laws stop protecting the people of the city then those laws should be broken. Infact, it is the law to break the law if the law begins to harm you and your family. In other words, the law has become detrimental to the well being of the people. So the taking of the food is not only 'not illegal' it is (in my eyes) the right course of action, the right thing to do.
However, if people are taking non-essential items then that is still illegal.

 

[Taliq]

*Meditates*

LMAO

i luv it

 

[not really ken]

Looting is often opportunistic. The apparent lapse in authority enables people to believe that they won't be discovered or charged. Looting also cascades through a group of people as one person believes that his contribution to the crime is lessened because someone else is looting, too. People may also believe that if the goods are not stolen, then they will simply be wasted, and see their act as a lesser of two evils. Finally, a looter may believe that if he doesn't steal the property, it will simply be stolen by someone else and he will gain nothing from his obedience. Looters are usually locals of the site of the disaster, and as such, may have lost a lot of their own property. This further encourages them to steal as it is reducing the negative impact of the disaster.

In many countries, even in Western democracies that otherwise ban the death penalty, extraordinary measures may be taken against looters, during times of crisis. Looters may be summarily shot by the police, army, or property owners. Extraordinary measures, combined with an impressive show of force, help to discourage looting and to disperse crowds that would now find a normal show of force non-threatening. This is also common police practice in discouraging potential riots, which are often associated with looting, from escalating.

The shooting of looters is also to prevent further damage to the economy.

(Excerpt from Wikipedia: 31 Aug 2005)

 

[not really ken]

^btw, i'm amazed peole tend to ignore this from the wikipedia site. I still don't condone this shit, but I am in a very similar situation to the one describing the psychology of the looters and I can really understand the motivation behind the looters.