Looting vs survival .. *m

iVillage Member
Registered: 12-23-2003
Looting vs survival .. *m
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Sun, 09-18-2005 - 1:23pm
What's the difference between "looting and survival"?  What makes an elderly woman "loot" her own home and be arrested for it, and a man with dogs "loot" his neighbor's home to survive?

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-26-2003
Sun, 09-18-2005 - 3:59pm

Well, IMHO... 'survival' is taking that which you truly need to survive, that which you would die or suffer physically without.

iVillage Member
Registered: 02-27-2004
Mon, 09-19-2005 - 1:56pm

I'd agree with ginger. I think there is a world of difference between taking things that you need in order to survive and taking things that you just want for the sake of it.

~Carol~