For the past few generations we in the west have been wealthy enough due to cheap energy to avoid experiencing this type of scavenging as a regular sort of occurance. Because of this historically unprecedented recent period of wealth, even the poorest could get by without stripping the dead of their final possessions.
But as i read this article, I realized that in a short time mob-driven horrors will become commonplace. A some point in the near future, the media will cease reporting this type of event as newsworthy even when the vile and hungry mob strips the freshly dead of their clothing and gold fillings too.
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Re: Crowd swipes dying man's groceries
by eastbay » Thu 04 Oct 2007, 00:56:26
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Re: Crowd swipes dying man's groceries
by Zardoz » Thu 04 Oct 2007, 02:02:10
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('eastbay', 'A') some point in the near future, the media will cease reporting this type of event as newsworthy even when the vile and hungry mob strips the freshly dead of their clothing and gold fillings too.
Has anybody been watching the new series on PBS about WWII, "The War"?
In the Pacific campaign, American soldiers routinely stripped dead Japanese soldiers of pretty much everything, including, in some extreme cases, their gold fillings.
C'mon, folks. The grocery scavenging is just not that big a deal. We're capable of far worse, and always have been.
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Re: Crowd swipes dying man's groceries
by kadoomsoon » Thu 04 Oct 2007, 02:05:20
They might have checked his wallet, then cleaned out his apartment. Some crooks look for obits and wait for the funeral. Really nice guys out there.
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Re: Crowd swipes dying man's groceries
by Zardoz » Thu 04 Oct 2007, 03:33:33
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('kadoomsoon', 'T')hey might have checked his wallet, then cleaned out his apartment. Some crooks look for obits and wait for the funeral. Really nice guys out there.
There you go. That's the "far worse" I'm talking about.
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Re: Crowd swipes dying man's groceries
by Twilight » Thu 04 Oct 2007, 03:45:41
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('THEKINGHUBBERT', 'I')n my opinion the real crime is that the old man was so p$$r he had to get his groceries and then wait for a bus yet I am not surprised that so many here see it so differently.
Is there a country other than the US where taking a bus after doing grocery shopping is a sign of poverty? Is that not an ominous sign in itself?
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Re: Crowd swipes dying man's groceries
by Battle_Scarred_Galactico » Thu 04 Oct 2007, 04:43:16
This kind of thing has been going on a long time, despite what many delusional people may say humans haven't changed, and never will.
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Re: Crowd swipes dying man's groceries
by eXpat » Thu 04 Oct 2007, 16:01:45
Is still ok, when the crowd goes to eat the dying man, then it will be cause for mild concern...
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Re: Crowd swipes dying man's groceries
by RonMN » Thu 04 Oct 2007, 16:14:36
Maybe I'm just a sick bastard...Maybe I've been reading too many of Jacks posts...But I found this headline to be funny as hell 
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Re: Crowd swipes dying man's groceries
by eastbay » Thu 04 Oct 2007, 16:42:43
Is still ok, when the crowd goes to eat the dying man, then it will be cause for mild concern...
Good point there eXpat. Extreme hunger can change a person's perspective on things, from what I hear. When that time arrives, and if a terrible and fatal accident should nail me, I certainly wouldn't want any of the hungry mob to feel any guilt so I'll start wearing a shirt with 'Eat Me' written on it, you know, as an invitation just in case.
I'll consider it a piece by piece cremation. That way the eaters will feel ok about it.
Good point there eXpat. Extreme hunger can change a person's perspective on things, from what I hear. When that time arrives, and if a terrible and fatal accident should nail me, I certainly wouldn't want any of the hungry mob to feel any guilt so I'll start wearing a shirt with 'Eat Me' written on it, you know, as an invitation just in case.
I'll consider it a piece by piece cremation. That way the eaters will feel ok about it.
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Re: Crowd swipes dying man's groceries
by RonMN » Thu 04 Oct 2007, 16:56:55
Quote:
I'll start wearing a shirt with 'Eat Me' written on it, you know, as an invitation just in case.
You better hope you're dead before they take you up on that invitation
I'll start wearing a shirt with 'Eat Me' written on it, you know, as an invitation just in case.
You better hope you're dead before they take you up on that invitation
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Re: Crowd swipes dying man's groceries
by truecougarblue » Thu 04 Oct 2007, 17:59:56
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Jack', '.')
and with AP that it is time to buy more ammo. Lots more ammo.
and with AP that it is time to buy more ammo. Lots more ammo.
I told my wife the other day I really was jones-ing to go buy a box or two of shells. She said, "you've got plenty".
I said in my best John Wayne. "You can never have too much ammunition."
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