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Originally Posted by filtherton
So, by all means, call the cops when you think you should, most people do. Just don't delude yourself that you're always doing anybody a favor.
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I would think I am always doing society a favour. Yes, I may think about helping out my singular neighbour whose house is being robbed, but the larger picture is I can get a scumbag criminal off the streets and make my own little part of society and my neighbourhood better in doing so. I don't see a downside to that.
As to what people should consider serious, I think that any crime for which the prepetrator would receive jail time is serious. Ergo, smoking a joint, littering, or driving without a seatbelt aren't serious and probably the majority of people would go along with that.
Any form of theft or assault is serious.