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Originally Posted by SirSeymour
... I have an issue when any discussion about some illegal act that starts with asking why someone broke the law...
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Then you're doomed to a culture organized around lawbreaking and punishment.
For those not part of the industry of law enforcement, the ONLY sensible question to ask about crime--of any sort--is why that person is doing that. What drove them to it, what social and economic and personal forces are behind it? If we intervened in the causes of crime, rather than investing in more and more prison cells, we'd be vastly stronger as a culture.