Editor's note

To loot or not to loot?

Why would you take something that does not belong to you? Why would you steal something just because you can? I really do not understand why people in Soweto and now in Kagiso are looting shops from foreign nationals just because they want to make a point. Stealing is stealing and to retaliate with looting …

Why would you take something that does not belong to you? Why would you steal something just because you can?

I really do not understand why people in Soweto and now in Kagiso are looting shops from foreign nationals just because they want to make a point.

Stealing is stealing and to retaliate with looting after a crime was committed is like spiting your face by cutting off your nose.
The only way justice will be served is by helping authorities curb xenophobia in our society, not by contributing towards it.

To fix a wrong by doing wrong is clearly just that, wrong!
There have been too many lives lost due to people’s obsession with power.

Next time you purchase an item from your friendly Greek grocer on the corner, just think to yourself, will you protect the person behind the counter, or will you punish him for trying to make a living?

Just a though.

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