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From my point of view the interesting question is not whether looters should be decisively dealt with or not. I think they should.

My question was what causes (often a large number) individuals of the human race to totally lose the normal moral boundaries and start acting like reptiles - just because there is no one to stop them.

It is terrifying to see what dark powers are lodged in some human beings and how break down of society from war or catastrophes bring it out - not in one or two, but rather many.