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Realistically, somebody who is the victim of petty theft is not responsible for the circumstances that led somebody to become a thief. Expecting people who wer
by Crito 13y ago
Realistically, somebody who is the victim of petty theft is not responsible for the circumstances that led somebody to become a thief. Expecting people who were robbed to feel ashamed that they were robbed is absurd. They are a victim. Not to mention that most people do not have the resources to relocate themselves to a country with less crime. Greggman expecting these people to feel ashamed that they have been unable to flee their country is worse than absurd; it is patently offensive.
If the thief can be said to be a victim of circumstance and therefore not responsible for their actions, then the same can be said even more strongly of their victims.
- dragonwriter 13y ago> If the thief can be said to be a victim of circumstance and therefore not responsible for their actions He can't, fairly, so no conclusion can rest upon this premise.
- greggman 13y agoMy response wasn't to the victim. It was to the commenter that basically suggested it should be common sense the victim shouldn't have left his stuff out. That shouldn't be common sense. It's shameful that we think it is.