No rational person is going to deny some hapless poor person stuck in such a situation basics like food, water, medical supplies. There should have been some sort of emergency plan in place to commandeer stores and to deploy police and others there to distribute such necesssities. Apparently there was not - thanks in large part to the widespread corruption there. There was even an interview today with an older man who stated that he was a Christian and how he felt terrible about going into an (already looted drugstore) and taking some basic necessities to survive. He hoped that he could repay the owner. one day. That fellow ain't the problem.
In such chaos and anarchy, the real problem is that the thug element rapidly takes over and leaves next to nothing for those truly in need of the necessities. Some desperate person walking out with food, etc. wouldn't be shot be shot - and you know it. You're being quite disingenous here. It's the thug element we're talking about. They're the ones carrying out the jewelry, the TVs, etc. (How in the hell is a plasma TV going to be of use in a place that won't have electricity for months?) Asking that question, and answering it honestly, requires a making a judgement about the looter's character - something that is the sin-of-no-forgiveness to all liberals.
Anyone firing a weapon at rescue personnel should be gunned down on the the spot - no mercy. Roving gangs of thugs - who've already carried out rapes and murders - should be dealt with ruthlessly. Shot on the spot. No trial, no lawyers, no ACLU, no SPLC. I'll be interested to see if you come up with an excuse for some nihilistic POS firing at a rescue boat or trying to loot a hospital where they're trying to keep patients alive.
Oh i agree that people shooting at rescuers should be shot. However there are thousands of people down there not looting. They dont have food or water. They cant go anywhere or get rescued.
Ill admit that some of those looters are animals, but others are just trying to survive. No one can seem to admit that.