Summary Judgment

What the hell is it with these wingnuts and their insatiable bloodlust? Death-crazed lunatic Mona Charen writes:

No doubt there were some desperate residents of New Orleans who took to theft simply to get food and water from stores bereft of clerks and electricity. But most of the looting is not of that character. As good people within the city struggle to help the sick who lack functioning hospitals, the thousands who lack basic food and shelter, and the unknown number still waiting to be rescued from flooded homes, the psychological blow looters are dealing to the city (and the country) is dramatic.

How does Charen know who's looting what? Answer: she doesn't. It seems logical that thousands of people who lack basic food would be looting simply to get food and water they can't get anywhere else. And how much more of a psychological blow would looting cause to people trying to survive without basic food and shelter? I'm sure the thought of summary executions gives Charen a warm feeling, but the idea of law enforcement separating the "good" and "bad" looters from shooting distance should give sane people pause.