[PornoDoggy]

I have read this thread.

I have yet to read anything remotley resembling a defense of the actions of child abusers, murderers, rapists, mother-rapers, father-stabbers, or father-rapers in this thread. There is a real difference between saying "under these circumstances a lot of people might steal" and justifying rape or murder.

I suspect that when when the dust settles - or the water drains - you will find that reports of such activities have been greatly exxaggerated. These kinds of stories tend to do that, and they get spread by the frequent repitition of them by those who get their panties in a knot when they hear them.

I am not saying nothing bad happened. I know what mobs can do; I've seen it with my own eyes. I am saying that time and time again I have seen reports of this sort blown all out of proportion.

I have personally been on the scene of fires where firefighters and law enforcement officials have collected some "evidence" (guns, jewellry, a quarter-pound of pot [I suggested that the affected individual NOT put that on his insurance claim], cash, and who the fuck knows what else) that didn't make it into official channels. I watched cops, National Guardsmen and two Red Cross officials get bust for looting flooded homes they were supposed to be protecting.

BTW - a situation like this MIGHT change an honest person into a thief. I doubt there is any way it would change a reasonably decent person into a rapist.