# Looters: Shoot on sight? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [September 1, 2005, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looters-shoot-on-sight/319528 "2005-09-01T01:33:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looters-shoot-on-sight/319528/141 "2005-09-02T03:52:51Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > How many Cindy Sheehans out there would willingly sacrifice their child to secure the SuperDome? Took this a joke. I thought it was pretty witty when I read it anyway. If it is not a joke then I will be more than a little disturbed. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looters-shoot-on-sight/319528/142 "2005-09-02T03:57:31Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > Took this a joke. I thought it was pretty witty when I read it anyway. If it is not a joke then I will be more than a little disturbed. (sigh) It was a joke…actually, it was a takeoff on Michael Moore’s infamous line: “Would you sacrifice your child to secure Fallujah?” ---
**Author:** ![Unregistered\_Bull](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3da27b/32.png) [@Unregistered\_Bull](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unregistered_Bull)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2005, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looters-shoot-on-sight/319528/143 "2005-09-02T04:06:54Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > (sigh) It was a joke…actually, it was a takeoff on Michael Moore’s infamous line: “Would you sacrifice your child to secure Fallujah?” :smack: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looters-shoot-on-sight/319528.md?page=7)