I can’t believe there’s not a pit thread on this already. Did I miss it?
I would think the “worst citizen” is one who cackles and rubs her hands over the deaths of thousands of her neighbors.
Can you really make this comment about how “the people make it magic” when you’ve just expressed your glee and “good riddance” to thousands who died?
Nothing I can say is cruel enough to say what you deserve to hear. I’m ashamed to be on the same board with you.
That wasn’t what she meant.
You obviously missed this post, where she explains that some of the more violent offenders will be arrested and prosecuted under federal law, thus ensuring a lengthy jail sentence. Those were the “worst citizens” she was talking about.
Read for comprehension, asshole.
Robin
I’m not fooled by her CYA shit later. “Thousands” of people are how many died. “Thousands” is what she said. Not “dozens.”
So you’re going to hold her to some vague number?
This is one of the lamest pittings ever.
Robin
Probably so. I reacted and combed the thread looking for later explanations and missed them. I still am sort of suspicious about the whole thing, though.
It’s a sensitive issue. Painting too wide a brush implies you don’t know (or possibly care) about the difference between a vast number of people being criminal and few opportunists.
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Mama Tiger** needs to watch it.
I’m not saying she doesn’t need to watch it. I’m just assuming this is the same kind of angry hyperbole that seems to accompany any major catastrophe, and am taking it in that vein.
Robin
And yet, you don’t hesitate to call me an asshole and be patronizing, even though you kinda see where I’m coming from? Sheesh.
Holy shit, critecus. Have you forgotten how to read what’s actually on the page instead of what you want to see? You’re suggesting that by me saying a city would be better off without a bunch of its worst citizens, which it would, you then assume to mean I’m wishing death on them all?
Read the black part of the page, asshole. Like the part where I said they’ll end up being removed from New Orleans through their own actions. These are people who started shooting at firemen trying to put out a huge fire in the Oakwood Mall on the Westbank not three blocks from where I lived up until a month ago, causing the firemen to have to retreat and the whole thing to burn to the ground. These are people who were shooting at rescue helicopters, causing the evacuation of critically ill people from hospitals to be delayed by hours if not days. These are people who have been committing untold acts of violence – assault, rape, murder – on the people stranded in New Orleans this past week. These are people who have been terrorizing my friends and former neighbors and former coworkers stuck in the city.
The authorities are coming in and arresting them and will be prosecuting them; they’ve already set up detention camps and are gearing up to start throwing the book at them, such as in this article from the Times Picayune. Shoot to kill orders were issued by the governor, and if anybody gets killed it’s their own damn fault because they started it by shooting at cops/military. This article suggests that the authorities won’t be averse to a firefight if that’s what it comes down to:
**I’m **not saying go out and shoot them. But the authorities have said that that can happen, although now that there’s adequate numbers of military in the city, it shouldn’t be necessary without severe provocation. But it may well happen as they get the good people out and nobody but the crazies are left.
Arrests are taking place as we speak, ahd hopefully they will get the vast majority of the ones who were stealing guns and terrorizing the citizenry. And that hopefully means that the worst of them will be off the streets. And New Orleans WILL be a better place for their absence.
Yes, I’m emotional about this whole mess. Excuuuuuse me. I just moved away from New Orleans a month ago. I’ve got literally DOZENS of people I don’t know are even alive today. Every shot I see of the city is a place I recognize, a place where I’ve walked, driven, eaten, listened to music, spent time with friends and family. I’ve been crying every day as I learn of more people who are missing, or can’t learn whether someone I care about has been located. A city I fell hopelessly in love with, didn’t want to move away from, and would go back to in a heartbeat has been devastated beyond my worst imaginings this week. And the criminals have just been pouring fuel on the fires. (In some cases literally!)
It HURTS, asshole. It HURTS to see what a few dozen or hundred or thousand criminals have done to the city I love and its greatest asset, its people. I’m ANGRY. I’m UPSET.
I can’t say I’ll mourn anyone who gets shot fighting back with cops, but as my husband and I discussed as soon as the military FINALLY started moving in, if anyone is dumb enough to shoot at combat-hardened troops, they probably can expect the consequences won’t be just a slap on the hand. But that doesn’t mean I’m advocating wholesale slaughter. It means exactly what I said: New Orleans would be a far better place without those people. I said exactly what I meant, and I mean exactly what I said. Don’t go reading your own spin into it. And don’t accuse me of wishing mass murder. I just want to see the criminals off the streets, locked up, whatever they have to do to remove them from preying on society. They acted like animals this week, and I hope they go away for a long, long, long time. And I suspect most citizens of New Orleans would agree 100% with what I’m saying.
That should put that to rest.
Thank you Mama Tiger.
I’m sorry I read it out of context. Admins, please lock this thread.
Done.