Again and again, we hear people weighing in from their middle class comfort with the opionion that it's OK to loot water and food, but not hard goods. Special enmity is reserved for those who choose to loot electronic equipment. Let me tell you, the scene in New Orleans amounts to bad science fiction. If any one of us was plucked from suburbia and set down in the middle of N'awlins about now, past the 72 hour mark since our last decent meal, we would have a whole different mindset. It's called survival. You may need that TV later just to barter for a bottle of water. Will anybody take this Ipod for a granola bar?