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where is the red line between looting and scavenging after a total disaster
Posted on 9/6/19 at 9:40 pm
Posted on 9/6/19 at 9:40 pm
in the Bahamas tonight there is 70 thousand people without bedding, food or water. these people will need stuff that is scattered across the area in terms of clothing, water storage, food, wood for shelter and on. private militias spring up to protect what is left. should they be shooting folks looking for unlabeled food tin or tee shirts
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Posted on 9/6/19 at 9:41 pm to Trevaylin
Heineken
Posted on 9/6/19 at 9:43 pm to Trevaylin
There is a difference between the necessary scavenging/stealing of items needed for survival in an emergency compared to stealing a tv because the power went out.
Posted on 9/6/19 at 9:56 pm to Trevaylin
There’s a difference in taking a bottle of water from a store with no windows & breaking windows to take alcohol & cigs
Posted on 9/6/19 at 10:01 pm to Trevaylin
If you have an ounce of common sense I think you can figure it out.
Posted on 9/6/19 at 10:02 pm to northshorebamaman
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where is the red line between looting and scavenging after a total disaster
Posted on 9/6/19 at 10:09 pm to Trevaylin
Next time come up with a more thought out question. This one lacks serious sustenance.
Posted on 9/7/19 at 7:46 am to LSUJML
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There’s a difference in taking a bottle of water from a store with no windows & breaking windows to take alcohol & cigs
Even alcohol makes some sense - sanitation is an issue in a disaster zone.
Otherwise, I draw the line between necessities and going shopping.
Posted on 9/7/19 at 8:05 am to Tigerbait357
If the grin on their face is over 1 inch on either side, that’s an indication that it wasn’t for nutrition and shelter.
Posted on 9/7/19 at 8:41 am to Trevaylin
Not sure but I bet it’s pretty thin.
Posted on 9/7/19 at 9:05 am to Trevaylin
If the motivation is safety and survival rather than economic, and the damage is to property, not people, then I say proceed with the "looting."
Posted on 9/7/19 at 9:10 am to Trevaylin
Scaveging - taking what is necessary to survive
Looting - taking what is not necessary to survive
That was the line after Katrina. I had no issue with people going into stores to take bottled water and food. However, the ones taking televisions were wrong to do so (where are you going to get power to run a tv?)
Looting - taking what is not necessary to survive
That was the line after Katrina. I had no issue with people going into stores to take bottled water and food. However, the ones taking televisions were wrong to do so (where are you going to get power to run a tv?)
Posted on 9/7/19 at 9:31 am to LSUFanHouston
Katrina looter logic, power the tv with the generator looted from the Home Depot.
Posted on 9/7/19 at 9:34 am to Trevaylin
Flat screen tv’s and a bin of Heineken = looting
Posted on 9/7/19 at 10:40 am to Trevaylin
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where is the red line between looting and scavenging after a total disaster
It's defined by answering three questions:
1. What is being taken?
2. Why is it being taken?
3. Does the level of devastation make it necessary for the item to be taken in order to insure continued survival?
With this in mind anytime someone is taking a TV, it's looting. Period.
Batteries? Could be looting but most likely scavenging, depends on the level of devastation and reason for why they are being taken.
Bottled water? Scavenging.
Posted on 9/7/19 at 12:04 pm to Trevaylin
If you have to ask, you’ve crossed the line.
Posted on 9/7/19 at 12:06 pm to Trevaylin
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in the Bahamas tonight there is 70 thousand people without bedding, food or water.
So basically the same number as it was before the storm?
Posted on 9/7/19 at 12:07 pm to Trevaylin
The Katrinicans were stealing stuff to take home, these people have no homes.
That's a good starting line
That's a good starting line
Posted on 9/7/19 at 12:10 pm to Trevaylin
Ever seen that Always Sunny episode?
Dee had it right.
Dee had it right.
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