Comments on: Disaster Violence

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 03:26:07 +0000

I just read a report tonight from a guy who is associated with the UN security mission in Haiti. and he said that while there is now some violence being reported, especially gang violence, it is nowhere near the level of violence in Haiti before the quake.

It’s just like NOLA – violence is down, not up, as a result of the quake, and this is after almost a week.

People are hitting survival mode, and the lid is still on. It’s actually rather amazing that more hasn’t happened.

By: Scorpio

Scorpio — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:19:36 +0000

Yeah, I observed the same thing. Media started on the violence speculation as soon as the day after the quake. It took almost 5 days of harping before they could even report anyone being angry. Vultures. .-= last blog ..World's Smallest Violin =-.

By: cookie jill

cookie jill — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 13:13:29 +0000

At a certain point, anyone…anyone….will resort to taking actions just to stay alive. However, if you are “white”…you are forgiven…you were “just trying to stay alive.” If you are black or brown….you are a “criminal”…that is of course, if you don’t have money to contribute to the Republican Party.
.-= last blog ..Bummed I couldn’t make it to the Fancy Food Trade Show =-.

By: ellroon

ellroon — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 08:34:54 +0000

I've always wondered about that. If society collapses and there is no food, no water, just why would you NOT take what you needed? I'd define looting as when civil infrastructure is still standing and things are temporarily out of whack. A football victory or a WTO protest where you get twits kicking in windows and stealing. When the grocery store is in crumbled ruins and there are dead bodies bloating on the sidewalks, I don't see the 'looting' for food as a bad thing. Just a necessary thing. How can trying to stay alive be wrong? .-= last blog ..A decade of conservative failure =-.

By: Kryten42

Kryten42 — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 07:38:49 +0000

I’m surprised they don’t just dump them all in Gitmo. *shrug*

The only reason there have been reports of violence and looting is because the prison was partly destroyed and *convicted criminals* escaped. Considering that the USA has more *convicted criminals* per capita than any other western Nation, one might think Americans would understand the problem, but the number of criminals in the USA is only exceeded by the amount of hypocrisy and ignorance. 🙂