"People make bad decisions to be sure, but it's silly to say that what happens to people is solely the result of their own decisions." Amen. I don't have to s

"People make bad decisions to be sure, but it's silly to say that what happens to people is solely the result of their own decisions." Amen. I don't have to speculate -- I've seen it happen. My family isn't many generations out of blue collar, and I have a lot of distant relatives who fit the description. Circumstance matters immensely. People that I knew as normal kids veered wildly off the tracks once they got older and the consequences of their decisions were amplified by their surroundings.