. . . the difference between "looting" and "emergency commandeering of supplies."

Or they should.

Of course, they should also know the difference between "rioting" and "rebellion."

As the Los Angeles riots of 1992 commenced, no one was under any illusions about what it meant: color was irrelevant, and the only distinction to be made was between those who had some kind of values and those who were using the situation as an excuse to loot stores—and worse, much worse. I drove around town then in order to get across it—avoiding the center of the city—and spent the night in my boyfriend's more quiet neighborhood.

First, of course, I had to spend an hour in line at a Glendale supermarket, rubbing elbows with black and white and Asian people who all understood the score: there is something broken in human nature, and when it's not practical to fight it, you need to get out of the way.

So we all loaded up our grocery carts and prepared to stay off the streets for however many days it took before the thugs lost their stranglehold on L.A.

It appears that it could have been a lot worse. God have mercy on those who took advantage of the situation in New Orleans in order to commit violent acts.

I'm sure there's a special place in Hell for them.

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