[lbo-talk] In Praise of Looting

[Michael Pugliese]

On 9/1/05, joanna <123hop at comcast.net> wrote:
>  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?

   The ABC docudrama, "The Day After, " during Reagan's first term,
about Nuclear War, hours before The Bomb is gonna incinerate Omaha,
has a frenzied scene at the Wal-Mart like supermarket with checkers
and customers paying.

-- 
Michael Pugliese