tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10635442.post112549981547503990..comments2023-10-21T03:07:18.017-05:00Comments on Enclave: The Turn Has Been Made In Katrina's WakeS-townMikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05948307051485318061noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10635442.post-1125516574413806812005-08-31T14:29:00.000-05:002005-08-31T14:29:00.000-05:00I haven't a clue as to what Blake's seeming admini...I haven't a clue as to what Blake's seeming administrative double-speak in his "Secondly" comment has anything to do with what I wrote about the conservative wish to fill suspected looters full of lead or with a defense of trading lives for property. I can only assume that he's saying that it's appropriate to kill off suspects in the name of protecting property without due process. I don't know what kind of moral code that comes from, but it sounds screwy to me.<BR/><BR/>As for his "Heh" comment: I'm not going to presume to speak for Aunt B (whom I quoted) or Atrios (whom she quoted), but the idea that racial differences may drive the hair-triggered will-to-shoot largely black looters in New Orleans is not drawn into question because one news service used "loot" to describe what black people take and another news service used "find" to describe what white people take (since when have conservative bloggers cared about the fine nuances between the monolithic "liberal media," anyway?).<BR/><BR/>Recognizing the different sources is a caveat that may qualify our conclusions about media bias about race. It does not change perceptions that it's easier to advocate going in and shooting black people in New Orleans, and do so calling them looters--without stopping to find out who is who and what is what--than it is say to advocate shooting some price gouging white gas station dealer in Jackson or Baton Rouge who takes advantage of this disaster by driving up his prices and taking other people's money. Looters are looters whether they break into a business or own the business. I don't advocate shooting either one. Blake advocates shooting only the former.<BR/><BR/>My sense of democracy and civil rights is a little bit more inclusive than Blake's.S-townMikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05948307051485318061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10635442.post-1125515312988404232005-08-31T14:08:00.000-05:002005-08-31T14:08:00.000-05:00Here is the link to John H.'s post on Hurricane Po...<A HREF="http://salemslots.blogspot.com/2005/08/hurricane-porn.html" REL="nofollow">Here is the link to John H.'s post on Hurricane Porn.</A>S-townMikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05948307051485318061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10635442.post-1125514443629397292005-08-31T13:54:00.000-05:002005-08-31T13:54:00.000-05:00I feel confident that ANYONE in the aftermath of a...I feel confident that ANYONE in the aftermath of a Katrina-like situation would loot/find/forage for food and water and diapers and clean clothes if they intended to survive rather than give in to the situation. <BR/><BR/>I don't have any sympathy for the jewelry/TV/electronic looters, but as S-Town Mike says, putting a higher value on property than humanity is misguided.<BR/><BR/>In my blog, I call this thinking part of the hurricane porn that pervaded so much of the 'run-up' to Katrina.John Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12126431354626866389noreply@blogger.com