I think it's important to clarify the direction of the looting.
If my house was being looted, then there's No Way that that's ok. (My stuff, you Fu*kers! My personal property!)
But.
If there were to be rioting, in a society which celebrated wealth and ownership of expensive items, and advertised them in a time of recession where the individuals responsible for the economic downturn suffered no loss themselves, and instead looted the public coffers to bail themselves out, wouldn't looting be justified?
If I were to loot, wouldn't I have more stuff? Would that be ok?
Is that a bit Raskolnikov? Perhaps.
My previous statements are not intended as a incitement to riot or loot. Except in the instance of a Zombie apocalypse (obviously) in which case, we need all the guns, bullets, tinned food etc. (That's fair enough).
