> That is a net positive that stealing a TV from best buy simply does not have. A major NYC blackout resulted in a bunch of looting. That looting is supposed

> That is a net positive that stealing a TV from best buy simply does not have. A major NYC blackout resulted in a bunch of looting. That looting is supposed to have resulted in a bunch of new musicians getting their hands on good equipment. Those scofflaw musicians invented new musical genres that revolutionized the artform. Sounds a lot like reducing the friction inside a rigid system. Basically, while we might prefer to have people raise integrity to the highest priority, life is complicated and it's sometimes hard to say a wrong thing is 100% wrong.