Quote Originally Posted by Phresher than it Got
you know, some of these people might not actually have any stuff, or a house, i mean, hurricane, their shit is kinda destroyed, your right tho, they are bein really inconsiderate and nasty, but they might not know what else to do, they might not look like there starving now, but pretty soon, they will be, looting and stealing from people who are hurt, (some might be looting from the houses of those already dead) is wrong, but these poeple dont know what else to do, their entire life has been destroyed

Yes, those people who are left with nothing and steal food or other essentials cannot be totally blamed. I might do the same thing.

But people are also stealing much more valuable things, which I think is appaling no matter what the circumstance is, especially when they're looting other homes There is no excuse. Sure, they're poor, and our society is unfair, and capitalism sucks, but once we start forgiving them based on their socio-economic status, then we start running down a slippery slope. Remember, some people who have lost everything but did not steal anything. Are they somehow divorced from their society? No. Some people are innately more greedy than others.

some people employ the same argument against killers and child molesters. "oh, they were brought up in poverty, or they were molested themselves. Lets be lenient on them" No. A lot of people grow up and have shitty lives, and they dont resort to committing violent crimes.