(July 22, 2011 at 11:41 am)fr0d0 Wrote: Hardly a "hard true fact" Cinjin. But a fact nonetheless. See you needed to cite an extreme example to make any point.
All people are where they are due to circumstances and influence. Something may happen to you today that changes your entire perspective, making criminality, for example, a viable option for you. The balance is perilously near and we mostly live in ignorance of it, until it gets shifted.
Most 'criminals' are victims of their circumstance.
Perhaps you have a valid point with some unknown percentage of people, but the large majority of my friends and family would not resort to criminal actions regardless of any shifting parameters in their daily existence. Yes, most criminals are victims of their circumstance, but more often than not, they put themselves in that circumstance and barricade themselves in excuses to justify actions that are self-promoting and only further contribute to their own laziness.
For me personally, I certainly feel no draw to commit criminal acts of any kind - nor would I want to if an earthquake knocked down all the police departments in the area and there was no one left to enforce the law. Yes, criminals are made during desperate times ... but so are heroes. I'm confident many (like me) would choose the high ground.
Claiming that there is a thin line between all moral law-abiding citizens and criminal activity is just a fabrication. True of some perhaps, but certainly not the majority.