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Old 04-04-2017, 08:51 AM   #1
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Default Looters - Disgusting human beings!

It never ceases to amaze me the level some elements of society will stoop to.

Without fail, every time there is a disaster, natural or otherwise, with many people forced into desperate situations, you always read of this other element that go around 'looting', which is just another word for stealing.

I will never understand what goes through someones mind to think that they can just help themselves to someone else's property, at any time, let alone in these highly emotional situations like we are currently witnessing again in QLD and northern NSW.

Of course some is just petty theft, with people raiding shops for supplies etc, and while you can understand these situations, that is still someone else's stock and livelihood you are stealing from.

With everything these families are dealing with, this behaviour is just the lowest of the low.

Thankfully, these natural disasters also often bring out the very best in many people, which does tend to restore faith in the human race.
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Old 04-04-2017, 09:22 AM   #2
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I don't believe it happened in Japan after the 2011 quake/tsunami. But hey they have a lot more pride than us.

Looters should be shot on the spot along with any do gooder defending them.
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Old 04-04-2017, 09:29 AM   #3
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Default Re: Looters - Disgusting human beings!

I also saw on FB, that someones' XW GT was keyed whilst it was sitting on higher ground.
Shoot on sight, then burn the body :-/
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Old 04-04-2017, 11:10 AM   #4
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Default Re: Looters - Disgusting human beings!

Don't know why the big hoo haa about looters, there is no honour among thieves!
The low life's just prey on society all the time, these tragedies just brings them out in the limelight.
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Disaster brings our the best in some, and the worst (or atleast highlights scum bag behaviour ) in others.
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Maybe concerned citizens trying to lift the eletronic goods to higher levels.

But on serious note, not a fan of looters.

If the world turns to **** and apocalypse and all that stuff then yeh go ahead and get supplies and kill the zombies but otherwise just wrong.
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Old 04-04-2017, 01:52 PM   #7
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I don't believe it happened in Japan after the 2011 quake/tsunami. But hey they have a lot more pride than us.

Looters should be shot on the spot along with any do gooder defending them.
I deal with the Japanese on an almost daily basis for my work. Whilst they have do have pride, I think the difference here is that they have respect. They have a huge amount of respect for others and that translates into a courteous culture where manners actually count. In my experience, sometimes that can go a little too far, but I'd rather have too much than not enough.

That respect is something a lot in our current society seem to have misplaced. Unfortunately.
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In Bundaberg after the floods some years back, one memorable case was on the local news showing the flooded north Bundy streets, and someone going past behind the reporter, driving a tinny through the water loaded with gear. Someone happened to be staying at a freinds place out of the flood and said "That's my boat!!"...
The guy was caught later, but scumbags will get flushed out when flood waters rise...

The commonest thing said in Bundy at the time was "Hey, the army is here patrolling and helping keep order...just shoot the looters and be done with it"...

Can't really think of a reason why not...
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I also saw on FB, that someones' XW GT was keyed whilst it was sitting on higher ground.
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I saw that too,,they did every panel. Utter filth.
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I saw that too,,they did every panel. Utter filth.
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