Comments on: Racism http://www.gleefulgecko.com/archives/415/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 08:27:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Brett http://www.gleefulgecko.com/archives/415/#comment-319 Brett Wed, 31 Aug 2005 19:47:40 +0000 http://www.gleefulgecko.com/archives/415/#comment-319 I would take food to. Being the nerd I am I would leave contact info and what I took if I could and if I couldn't I would come back by later and pay. I am white so it wouldn't be looting of course. I would take food to. Being the nerd I am I would leave contact info and what I took if I could and if I couldn’t I would come back by later and pay. I am white so it wouldn’t be looting of course.

]]> By: Carol http://www.gleefulgecko.com/archives/415/#comment-318 Carol Wed, 31 Aug 2005 18:19:02 +0000 http://www.gleefulgecko.com/archives/415/#comment-318 Or sexism - women in wet T-shirts tend to get a break.... I saw an article with a quote from a tourist in New Orleans, complaining about the looting and commenting that she thought the city was "better" than that. I'm guessing some of the people who stayed did not have the means to evacuate. Their houses are now a slab of concrete under a couple feet of water. While I'm not condoning looting, when it's food and clothing that is ruined as far as sale, and someone's survival, people will do what they have to. Yes, the man has soda. Did he bypass the bottled water? Or sexism - women in wet T-shirts tend to get a break….

I saw an article with a quote from a tourist in New Orleans, complaining about the looting and commenting that she thought the city was “better” than that. I’m guessing some of the people who stayed did not have the means to evacuate. Their houses are now a slab of concrete under a couple feet of water. While I’m not condoning looting, when it’s food and clothing that is ruined as far as sale, and someone’s survival, people will do what they have to.

Yes, the man has soda. Did he bypass the bottled water?

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