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[WheatsWorshipper]

Disagree. They'd feel it less than a small company but you've no right to something which isn't yours.

Fair enough, different moral/ethical code

 

[blues4flag]

Fair enough, different moral/ethical code

Interested in your justification?

 

[AsianWithAFro]

It really amazes me some of of the people on here.

We have racists and heck now we have pro-criminals

 

[_JC_]

Can't believe there are people who are pro-looting.

For those people if you left your house unlocked and i walked in and grabbed some stuff, you would be fine with that?

 

[WheatsWorshipper]

Interested in your justification?

Looting big business: Not really affecting the individual for mine. Loss of material goods is shared by thousands of owners who probably won't feel it.
Looting houses/small business: Hurting the everyman. Loss directly affects families and is much more personal

 

[clivewaterhousen]

capitalist society.

you have to take advantage of situations like this.

these people are just the few that have the balls to do it.

with god being proven non existant then why not do it?

 

[carltonblue]

Coledhino GDs best troll? Got them hook line and sinker. Well done sir

 

[Kahuna]

Absolute scum, stealing from people is a dog act always.

However, from massive chains that rip you off, CLEAR them out.

 

[Illinois Nazi]

The only acceptable looting I've ever heard of was in New Orleans, where people had the option of looting or starving, and were taking food that was only going to spoil if left anyway. And there was a (smart) cop at the front of the store controlling access, ensuring that there weren't too many people in at once and they were only taking a reasonable amount. I think he still got in the shit for allowing it, but it was absolutely the right thing to do in the circumstances.

 

[HarryTiger]

So lets say we have a disaster and I go to my nearest Angus & Robertson bookstore and proceed to procure $30 worth of merchandise and in return leave my $30 gift voucher at the counter? It's their stated policy that I should in fact purchase $60 worth of goods but I think they've been a bit shifty in doing that. Can I leave the store with a clear concience if I don't loot the full $60?

 

[conwaynmfc]

How can any ****head justify looting? If the item isn't yours, you don't take it. It doesn't matter if they can afford to lose it, or how insignificant it is. It isn't yours.

Don't try and bullshit me.

 

[centrelink1]

I'd loot Transperth HQ.

 

[Damon_3388]

Who are these wonderful people that replace all the stuff that's been looted?

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[carltonblue]

So lets say we have a disaster and I go to my nearest Angus & Robertson bookstore and proceed to procure $30 worth of merchandise and in return leave my $30 gift voucher at the counter? It's their stated policy that I should in fact purchase $60 worth of goods but I think they've been a bit shifty in doing that. Can I leave the store with a clear concience if I don't loot the full $60?

wtf

6wtfs

 

[kwame]

Absolute scum, stealing from people is a dog act always.

However, from massive chains that rip you off, CLEAR them out.

valid point.....average people are ripped off every day for goods and services by faceless corporations

 

[gazzas army]

Looting is only a problem if it turns violent. Otherwise its just like rubbish pick up day. If its on the street or the doors wide open, take what you want/need and rock on. Someone else besides you should pay for it after all the crap you are going through/have been through. Aslong as your not greedy its all good

Maybe thats how they roll in Balga or Cannington, but over here buddy we're a little less inclined to accept that kinda shit!

 

[Coledinho]

Maybe thats how they roll in Balga or Cannington, but over here buddy we're a little less inclined to accept that kinda shit!

Melbourne people are too cowardidly to commit crimes in such a open fashion. Knifes in the backs are alot easier

 

[bresker]

I wonder if anyone has every looted a lute?

All property is theft, anyway. I'm actually aboriginal Irish and my tribe just mixes all our shit in a big communal pile. If you want an xbox, a stepladder, a piar of gumboots or a girlfriend you just fill out a form in triplicate & go to the appropriate gatekeeper. As long as you leave it back in the conidtion you found it, everyone's sweet. The only arguments break out over food, as everyone loves meat and pastries.

 

[bresker]

No, I mean aboriginal Irish - my people have lived here since the Ice Age.

And Irish people only steal stuff when hungry.

 

[Niximus]

Yeah looting is just stealing from someone who is already doing it tough. It's kicking someone when they're down.

The only thing I'd excuse is perhaps taking food/water from a smashed up supermarket in situations where you can't get food/water in other ways.

I have heard that Japanese vending machines have a 'release all' button for emergency situations (would never work here) so that if you're trapped somewhere you can still access something to eat/drink.

 

[Gabbie]

suggest some of the mental heavyweights in here look up the definition of looting and take a reality check.
looting is stealing in a time of hardship, war or other disaster situation goods which would otherwise not belong to the looter.
reckon that's stealing, and to do it when other people are suffering is even worse.
these people are scum and deserve harsher treatment than general theft situations.
some of the clowns in here defending this or saying that it's not that bad, thanks for the insight into your personality and the lifestyle you live and were brought up in, your parents must be proud.

Totally agree with what you say. Looters are the scum of the earth and should have the full weight of the law thrown at them. 10 years minimum behind bars gets my vote after they are put in stocks in your own city square and let the public loose on them throwing rotten fruit and veg at them.

During the night of Yasi four 17 year olds decided to go on a smash and grab of a group of businesses, cafes, dress shops etc that are located nearest to the beach in Townsville. What they were doing out and about around peak cyclone time is crazy for a start. They were NOT itinerant folk either if you get my meaning and one of their mothers had the gall to say "Oh well boys make mistakes". WTF!! was she on!! Actually for once they were named and shamed in the local paper even though under 18. People were almost lining up to lynch em...IMO looters are up there with fire bugs in peak summer.

 

[Bert1]

Not quite as bad as Sunrise and the rest of the media circus. Absolute pack of filthy vultures they are. Get ya hands dirty and do something to actually help ya squibbs.

 

[azreal]

How can any ****head justify looting? If the item isn't yours, you don't take it. It doesn't matter if they can afford to lose it, or how insignificant it is. It isn't yours.

Don't try and bullshit me.

So some of the evacuation centres in NZ have no blankets or sanitary products, Do you expect us to believe that if you were there that you wouldn't grab yourself some tampons from a half destroyed supermarket?

Looting urgently needed supplies from a shop is fine...in fact, it is the only sensible thing to do.

 

[liam_13]

What about food etc, perishables that probably won't be there when owners return? I wouldn't personally loot that but don't think it's that bad. (Obviously in most natural disasters there wouldn't be much edible perishables left, but still)

 

[vesra]

Looting is ok with me as long as you don't injure someone while taking their things. Because it was done in a disaster situation it won't have as much effect because they're more emotional about the disaster part of it...


Like if someone died on Septemper 11 in a car crash, people won't really care or would laugh in their face