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I wrote that in reference to "if I [grew up] homeless and poor". You're making a straw-man argument against two unrelated statements I wrote about different th

I wrote that in reference to "if I [grew up] homeless and poor". You're making a straw-man argument against two unrelated statements I wrote about different things. "I grew up pretty privileged and never felt the need to steal things and steal them. However, I can easily determine that if I was homeless and poor I absolutely would have. There's no question. You do what you need to do to survive." I wasn't talking about Andre.

ALittleLight 5y ago
Oh, I see. You were just making a completely unrelated comment about what you personally would do if you were in Andre's situation. You never meant that to be read as a justification for Andre's actions - of course. If you didn't mean to defend or justify Andre's behavior, or minimize his guilt and responsibility for his crimes, then you and I are on the same page. He is a criminal who should be held responsible for his crimes. If you disagree with that then I suggest that's a more meaningful disagreement between us than whether or not you meant to say that Andre had to steal to survive.