Looting food in New Orleans - Is it OK?
 

I believe it's 100% ok - the area, as officials said, will be recovered only in few months, so the food in stores will expire till then.

Plus the people have no food, so why not take food from stores?

Food is fine, but thinking that the area will be recovered in a few months is off by about 3 years :2 cents:

You can't eat a 62" plasma dude.

It's all about survival.... I understand them stealing food..... It's stealing the fucking Nikes and Reeboks that is beyond me.....

looting stores and shooting cops is OK imo

Yeah man, if anything, steal some Pumas.

Pumas... Wow that really brings back some memories.....

Food yes money forniture jewls no

food and other necessary stuff = ok

I think anything you need to survive is fine. Food, dry clothes, water, blankets etc. TV's, jewelry, etc is just wrong though.

Hey, nothing wrong with looking bling bling when you get rescued by the Red Cross. Some people have images to hold up you know.

They were in a flood. They are walking through water. They need new shoes and socks.

Let them have the TVs. They are living in hell.

yep on the food

I think 3 years is just about right also :2 cents: :2 cents:

I think the way the government has failed them (by not providing public transportation to get out of NO to those who had no other means, by not making sure the city of NO could withstand a hurriccane that was over due, by allowing the airports to be closed while it was still safe to fly out, by not being prepared with national guard/marines to combat looting, etc) that these people acted in an expectable manner. What would you do if there was no law and the streets were empty? It's terrible to think of the murders and rapes that were going on, but the looting, come one.. black/white/asian/latino there's people in every communitty who would love to go ape shit in a mall given the chance.

Don't blame them, blame the huge difference between the "haves " and "have nots"

I don't even have problems with clothing. Lord knows in that situation I could do with a change of clothing too.

im sure the bloke who sells the TVs doesnt want a shop full of soggy broken tellys anyway......

Food yes, tv's and jewerly no way

Exactly. The items are worthless.

Keep something else in mind, even if the shop owners were allowed back in New Orleans, I bet they would just keep the stuff and file a loss anyways.

hell ya stealing food is okay. its not their fault the gov. is taking a week to respond to them & feed them.

steal the food, New Orleans people!! stay alive!

Food of course, they have to eat...

Looting food is OK, it's not like they're going to be able to sell it later.

Looting non-edible shit... tvs and so on, is kinda like banging the young girl next door... it's ok as long as you don't get caught.