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I kinda feel sorry for the looters in a way. They are probably so poor, probably uneducated, are so desperate that at a time like this, they can only think of material posessions. It's very sad.

There is a very important lesson in it. A lot of middle class and wealthier people grabbed a few items of sentimental value and headed to Houston even before the traffic, and certainly as soon as the order was given. They didn't load up, they just got out.

I wouldn't be surprised if many of those who stayed did so just so they could take part in the looting. They are wading through feces-laden water to steal something that probably won't survive the week anyway.

As much as the class warriors like to claim it is the case, over and over again I find that wealthy people actually tend to care less about material things than poor people. I know only a few greedy wealthy people, but most of the poorest people I have ever met have been wholly preoccupied with "stuff."

God doesn't need to do anything to punish us, the worst sinner is also the most self-destructive.

But like your name says - hope springs eternal - right?

I wouldn't be surprised if many of those who stayed did so just so they could take part in the looting. They are wading through feces-laden water to steal something that probably won't survive the week anyway.

It is better to keep thou mouth shut than to open it and show thou ignorance.

"As much as the class warriors like to claim it is the case, over and over again I find that wealthy people actually tend to care less about material things than poor people."

Well, as Hugh Hefner once said, "The best thing about having money is not having to worry about money." Wealthy people probably don't seem greedy because they already have money to spare. If you're poor or living from check to check, you might SEEM greedy simply because you have to actually worry about money, claw and scratch for it a little bit more, and have the perceived vulgarity to be preoccupied with it.