The problem with the whole "shoot the *******s" scenario is that you
would be arrested and some 26-year-old assistant D.A. would take time
away from his solitare game to Google your name, come up with your NG
postings, and convince the jury of pre-meditation. Sorry. Bye-bye.
Clank. lock "oh no, look at the size of my cell-mate!!!" ;-)

So after you keep the generator that provides you with worldly
conveniences for a week during the disaster, you spend the next 5 years
fighting law suits. I would image it is awfully hard to convince a
jury that you were justified, 18 months after the disaster and normally
has returned. Then there's the civil suit. Wonder what would be
worse, the wrongful death suit or the "pain and suffering" suit.
Probably pain and suffering.

In the end, you wished you never had the generator in the first place,
IMHO, and you had evacuated when you were warned to.

Pete C. wrote:
Edwin Pawlowski wrote:

wrote in message
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On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 17:52:55 GMT, "Edwin Pawlowski"
wrote:

In times of disaster,thieves should be shot.


Even if it was your neighbor stealing an unused generator to keep your
mother alive on a respirator?

Knock on my doodr and ask to use my generator if it is that important.
Otherwise thieves will be fired upon.

Again, this is not possible if you are not home. As I said, thee are
certain limited scenarios.

I think you're both off base a bit. It is *never* justifiable to steal
emergency supplies from an individuals home or an emergency facility
like a shelter, hospital, nursing home, etc. - period - shoot the
*******s.

What could be justifiable is to steal emergency supplies from a closed,
abandoned store (not just closed overnight) during a severe and extended
emergency, preferably for use to aid a group of people.

Pete C.