The recent Napoli disaster is one example of how low some people can sink. After the ship wan run aground (to avoid the terrible environmental consequences of sinking in deep water) vast numbers of containers were washed overboard.
The contents of the containers then spilled onto the beach revealing the bounty of the seas to television cameras. Swarms of people arrived from across the country to gather these 'free gifts'. Newspapers published (bizarrely) maps and directions to tell people how to get there. Locust like the containers are stripped bare, others are broken into. The contents then appear on ebay.Suddenly the newspapers realise that these people are in fact looters, thieves and criminals. They teurn from the beaches to the surrounding villages, ransacking houses and out buildings. How do they justify their actions? 'Finders Keepers', 'Things are just waiting to be picked up' 'The insurance will pay'. Suddenly the newspapers are all righteous indignation - despite the fact that they contributed to the mayhem. Pity the poor people who had sent their worldly goods on the Napoli seeing these idiots parading their private possessions to the cameras or offering them for sale on the Internet. What with this & Jade Goodey lets all wonder what we're coming to!
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