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To: nicmarlo
I am beyond ashamed at this point. I haven't seen any of them taking bottles of water, but shoes, and non-necessities...breaking into homes!! what scum!"
Shoes, more than one pair even, can be survival items in a case like this. The mud and water suck them off your feet or cause them to fall apart. Houses? Whatever it takes. Survival comes first. Don't worry about the rest. Darwin's law will take care of most who are stealing anything other than survival gear.
Actually saw quite a few people running around barefoot...didn't make sense to me with all the glass windows that had been blown out. But yeah, I could see shoes as a necessity once your only pair was wet, muddy, and cruded up, even ripped up by broken glass.
"Thou shalt not steal" (NO EXCEPTTIONS placed before or after that rule.)