[lbo-talk] In Praise of Looting

[joanna]

This is truly stunning . So you're starving, you're freezing, and you've 
got no water. There's a store near you with food, clothes, and water. 
But you're not supposed to go into the store to get anything cause 
that's looting? Or, what, you're supposed to leave money? Where?

The journalists may be too stupid to see it, but do Americans really 
accept this?

Joanna

B. wrote:


>I have to say I agree. 
>
>I'm in Dallas and incredibly we are absorbing the
>first wave of refugees from this national catastrophe.
>A recreation center up the street from me has
>transformed into a refugee camp and it's so
>overcrowded now they are diverting new families to
>Reunion Arena, home of the Dallas Mavericks. We are
>trying to get food, supplies, etc., to send into NOLA,
>while perfectly good food and supplies sits inside
>locked stores already IN the city, rotting away! The
>cops and Nat'l Guard, or anyone really, should be
>busting open those fucking stores using them as supply
>depots, not waiting on us to ship the stuff in. Yes,
>both together would be ideal.
>
>Some guy shown on TV hauling a DVD player off should
>be no more pilloried than the corporate profiteers who
>will price-gouge folks on local rent, gas prices,
>etc., as a result of this. In fact, much less so.
>
>-B.
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>Chuck0 posted:
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>>In Praise of Looting
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>>Blaming Katrina's victims for not being rich
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>>By Harry Looter
>>For Infoshop News
>>(news.infoshop.org)
>>September 1, 2005
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