03-25-2012, 01:51 PM
(03-25-2012, 01:26 PM)Cracker Wrote: What about sex crimes?
Honestly, anybody who wants to get laid can find someone to hump them. Even stupid people can find sex readily.
And senseless acts of violence? Who are the people who beat the shit out of other people? Who shoots or stabs somebody they don't even know? Isn't it easier to just avoid people you don't like?
I can at least understand crimes involving money. The violence/sex crimes are beyond comprehension.
(03-25-2012, 01:03 PM)Duchess Wrote:
They might wonder where it came from but don't ask because they really don't want to know or they know and are just happy to have it.
Don't people think about the person who actually worked for the money to buy the stolen items? If there is a crime, there is a victim. Do we really put ourselves that far above others?
All good questions, Cracker.
LC and Dick have more first-hand experience with it, but I've followed a number of crime stories and occasionally encounter crime first hand in the city.
Sex crimes aren't usually for sex, is my understanding. Sexual assaulters get off on the power and control.
Senseless violence, it troubles me a lot too, Cracker. This is one I sometimes encounter just by living in a major city and being out and about for work and play. I think for the most part it is also a matter of rage and getting off on hurting people, in the case where there is no financial gain involved in the crime.
With theft, just plain greed and selfishness, sometimes because of poverty and drugs, I think.
What turns people into criminals? Apathy, laziness, anger, no self respect.. probably coming from too many sources to identify, imo. I do agree with you that most of it probably starts in the home and gets passed down from generation to generation (not always, but mostly).