A couple reasons, I think. As Americans, we are inundated with news that tells us how bad our neighbors are and how they only want to harm our children. This m

A couple reasons, I think. As Americans, we are inundated with news that tells us how bad our neighbors are and how they only want to harm our children. This may have started with some high profile kidnappings, etc. in the 80's and 90's. Now, you can't let your child go anywhere alone. Ever. We're a blame society. If we do something wrong, it's someone else's fault. This thought process has expanded to if we see someone else doing something we think is wrong we blow it out of proportion. We so desperately want to find faults in others. As if that'll make our own faults less significant. Note: 'We' is a generalization.