Shoot the Looters September 16, 2005 Jill It’s an idea that the right-wing loves. And hey, maybe I’ll give it a chance. Let’s start in Texas. via DED Space.
Had they procured that space for use as a permanent monument? What did they expect the locals to do with their stuff when they left it there unattended? No one knows if they’re coming back… there’s no more “conservative big-media time” there, so they probably figured the protesters weren’t coming back either… and what would they say about the burning synagogues in Gaza? Not much, I’d guess…
I thought that ‘looters’ stealing food or other items they needed should be allowed to do that in N.O, but anyone stealing tvs or dvd players should’ve been shot on sight. I’m not saying kill them, aim for the legs, whatever. It would’ve sent the message that lawlessness would not be tolerated and much of the chaos would’ve been lessened. I agree with Rob. What did they think would happen when they left? Should the memorial remain there indefinitely?
but anyone stealing tvs or dvd players should’ve been shot on sight. Note to black people: don’t carry electronics in public where Karol can see you. What did they think would happen when they left? Should the memorial remain there indefinitely? That’s pretty much up to the goddamn private landowner who hosted the camp, isn’t it? But it’s OK when white folks not only steal but commit trespass to do so, right?
of course it’s presumptuous… I merely extrapolated Mrs. Sheehan’s Zionist tirades into their logical conclusion.
Since a private landowner, the cousin of the man who fired his gun over Camp Casey, allowed them to use his land.
Stealing the shoes of a deceased man from his mother — who obviously left them there as a memorial, and not as trash — is wrong. People generally respect the flowers and crosses left on the sides of roads by the families of car accident victims; if the person who took the boots isn’t also stealing those crosses, then his/her motivation was obviously political. And whatever one thinks of Cindy Sheehan and her ideas, stealing her dead son’s boots because you don’t like her politics is foul. Before anyone responds that Sheehan was the one who first politicized the boots, making it fair for everyone else to do so, I’ll just write that she is his mother and has the right to do what she wants with the boots. No one else has that right.
Rob was right in that regard. My apologies. The stuff was at roadside. But according to the linked article, Organizers of Camp Casey Memorial had been in contact with neighbors of the site and had informed them that the memorial was temporary and would be removed when a removal ceremony could be organized. And apparently, the material was there with the consent of the local cops. So it certainly wasn’t a question of stuff being abandoned or neglected. This was politically motivated looting, pure and simple. You gonna shoot them, Karol?
Do you really thinking shooting people will work? If they have nothing left, isn’t logical to think they will do anything to get it back, or am I being a little presumptuous.
I don’t condone stealing her son’s boots anymore than I condone utilizing the unwilling dead to make a political point. I can’t imagine how disgusted were the people who went to Crawford and found their dead loved one’s names on Cindy’s “memorial” and had to personally remove their crosses.
Yes, I am in favor of shooting the people who stole Casey Sheehan’s boots. I am also in favor of shooting litterers and people who smoke less than 20 feet from the entrance of public buildings. I will consider shooting only to incapacitate people who cannot smoke downwind of public building entrances as well. I also wish to shoot on sight people who lane change without signalling, drive 20mph under the limit without blinking their hazard lights, and people who fail at pulling over for emergency vehicles. Because these are all crimes, quite clearly the situation is equivalent. Our law enforcement is woefully ineffective, leaving only two viable alternatives. Stop it entirely or step it up a notch. Though, a mark towards stopping it entirely: As is shown so clearly by the war on drugs, making something illegal only makes people more likely to do it. Same thing with drugs, same thing with murder and rape. Legalizing and decriminalizing these acts would remove the “rebellious” incentive and would quite obviously cut the occurences of these acts by 90% easily. Still, shooting on sight will likely push deterrences over the edge in terms of effectiveness. This goes without saying, but, white, black, man, woman, child, I don’t discriminate. Break the law, get shot.
Where’s the evidence that the rescue helicopters were being shot AT? Survivor accounts I’ve read indicate that shots were fired to get attention.