we live in epic times

so much of what's going on is essentially epic. I overuse the word but then that's what life brings. Here Is my take on the epic that tumblr and the web provides.

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“Looting”

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If a natural disaster strikes and somebody decides this is an opportune moment to break into a Best Buy and steal themselves a flat-screen TV, feel free to call them a looter.

But when somebody breaks into a supply depot looking for food or medical supplies because their only other is watching somebody they love starve, they’re not “looting.” Those aren’t “spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.” They’re basic necessities taken by people in desperate need.

If the media is going to start moralizing, it should at least do it in the right direction.

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  1. unfollowthisbitch reblogged this from shaananigans
  2. necessaryimaginings reblogged this from tobia and added:
    I remember the same thing happening after Katrina.
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    squashed; tupsyturvy:shaanmichael
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  9. woody reblogged this from robot-heart-politics and added:
    Agreed, though I think there are clear examples of both in this current crisis. I think it was far worse post-katrina,...
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    squashed: If a natural disaster strikes and somebody decides this is an opportune moment to break into a Best Buy and...
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