Looters

Yep,to soft once again.Like the rhino and elephant poachers shot on site !
As if they havnt been kicked enough..

Cheers

Sadly these types of people come from within communities, very often the communities they are looting from. Same goes for arsonists. They too often come from within the communities they are setting fires in. There are some very sick people out and about. The sooner an arsonist get LIFE IMPRISONMENT the sooner we might see a reduction in the numbers of fires in the bush.

When Guilianni (spelling) became mayor of New York he introduced a term Zero Tolerance. If there was a law and you broke it then it was automatic JAIL.

Now he had the jail population increased by some 8000 in the first year but wonder of wonders the crime rate dropped by over 80%
partly because the population did not wish to be thrown in jail so they did not break the law but more because it is the same low life characters who do most of the damage.

No we are not lost but we certainly have to work harder on our 'community conscience' issues.

It is not ok to give your kids lollies, fruit, drinks etc in the supermarket and leave without paying for them

It is not ok to exceed the speed limits, change lanes without indicating or run the red lights .

It is not acceptable to stab, shoot or bash someone for cuting in front of you on the road or taking the parking spot in the car park.

Etc etc.

So where have we, the community, gone wrong and what do we do about it?

For mine the arsonists should be required to serve 12/7 in the burns units for 5 years minimum. No time off for good behaviour.

For looters since they seem to like picking things up - Keep Australia Beautiful clean up duties in the communities where they looted, 12/7 while wearing a suit clearly stateing 'I am a low life thief/looter'- or maybe just shot on sight like they really deserve.

Kevin J

These people are the lowest form of scum put on this earth, they shouldnt be breathing the air they do. Should be introduced to lead poisoning, proven to never reoffend again. Totally unbelievable, as if these people havnt had a hard enough time as it is. There was a lady on the news last night saying as they were fleeing their property some one was flogging stuff from their property. If by the off chance any of them get on this forum all I can say is, YOU are the lowest form of life on this earth, total low life scum, yes scum. Nothing p i s s e s me off more then hearing this sort of news.......... WHG

At this stage its a media report only, and we all know how the media like to sensationalize and headline rumors.

It is more than likely family or friends searching through their homes with someone making a casual comment about looting.
Lots of Police, CFA and military people in those areas so its not so easy to gain access.

Maybe wait and see if the Police can confirm or catch and possible offenders.

While I agree generally with the sentiments expressed re looters
& arsonists, the cold hard truth is that while a few arsonists are charged, next to none are convicted, due to lack of evidence.
The Police & Pollies huff & puff over this, promising action &
increasing fines & jail sentences but the fact remains that it is
unlikley that anyone will be found guilty..........oldbaz.

Report on the Ch. 9 news this evening that it is now believed that not all the fires are the work of arsonists and it actually could possibly be only one ...but ..even one is one to many...

There was a report on Sky News tonight, a Police Officer was saying there has been various reports in the media of looting but absolutely no reports made to police about looting let alone evidence to support those reports.