wannab@dis
Well-Known Member
TAC said:And for decades people wondered what it would be like if WW III actually happened, and there were survivors. Well, life in NO has been reduced to the basic human (or animal if you will) desire or need for survival. Films like "The Day After," "Mad Max," or "Waterworld" etc attempt to show what life would be like without modern conveniences, and how society would become a "have" and "have not" and survival of the fittest. I'm not defending the looters! They do not think rationally, and they are reduced to "I have this and you don't" mentalities. You also have to think about education level, income level, and what they had before, and wished they could have had.
Part of martial law should be that anyone caught looting and not shot, should be automatically sentenced to "community sevice," whereby they are to help clear debris, fill sandbags, repair levees, hand pump out water, etc.
You hit the nail on the head. This thing has brought out the basic nature in the people of NO. The good people are out there helping others, carrying victims, getting word to officials of the invalids. The bad are acting like animals. It's easy for people to put on an act when everything is going fine, but this kind of ordeal brings out their true nature.
I hope they don't put the orders out to shoot looters. Number one, our military and police officers shouldn't be put in that situation to make a decision to kill another American. If increasing the number of military would make it possible, then just round the looters up and stick them somewhere until this is over. Use them for cleanup like you said.
My question of the day... Should NO be rebuilt? I honestly find it hard to believe that they can do this without spending untold Billions. Then this could just happen again. Why not move it to higher ground and reduce the size of the area that has to be protected by levees. There's entire towns in my area that have been moved. They were flooded out and the town was rebuilt away from the rivers/lakes so it wouldn't happen again.