>Poverty is not and should never be an excuse for crime. If I'm starving to death and you're hogging the bread, I'm taking it from you. The law is not moralit

>Poverty is not and should never be an excuse for crime. If I'm starving to death and you're hogging the bread, I'm taking it from you. The law is not morality. At some point (I don't think we're there yet today, but we're heading in that direction) I think crime - stealing in particular - is more excusable when the rich have stacked the deck.