When is "stealing" OK???

I have become increasingly fed up with some of the news coverage of this horrific event in New Orleans. On the surface, it appears that there are no peaceful black people in the whole city and they are all lawless looters stealing items for their own pleasure.

Common sense tells us that when one is without water, food, diapers, formula, clothes, shoes, people will do what they must to survive. Of course there are some thugs who are stealing XBoxes, Plasma TVs, ects....but I think they are in the minority.

Hidden on CNN, FOX, USATODAY (but still present) are stories of people who are HEROIC in every sense of the word. Many of these looters are grabbing items to distribute to others in need since the Gov't took its own time to get there. One report stated that a man spray painted "AID" on his car after loading it up with "stolen" items on the way to helping those in need. How come this isn't all over the news??

I was disgusted yesterday when I saw two pictures. One showed a white man and his daughter wading through water with bread and water that he had "stolen" from a grocery store. The caption appropriately said "Man grabs bread and water for his family". Another picture showed a black man coming out of a store with water and other food products, the caption stated, "Looting rampant in New Orleans"....

JDDCP