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lookout123 · 11-12-2005, 12:54 AM

maybe i have a terminal misunderstanding of reality, so feel free to point it out.

when i was down on my luck, partly due to choices, partly due to circumstances... my wife was on bedrest for a problem pregnancy, one month i made $600 GROSS income i was already delinquent on my mortgage, had surrendered one of my vehicles, was 30+days late on every single bill, i met with the "hardship coordinator" for the local power company to hear i wasn't eligible for assistance, was laughed out of the public assistance office, and was literally selling blood to pay for groceries... would i have been justified if i had vandalized, looted, or otherwise harmed another citizen, or would i have been a criminal?

i think i would have been a criminal. background is irrelevant. current decisions are within one's control. good bad or ugly we each control our own actions and there is no excuse for harming another individual's person or property, short of open warfare.

11-12-2005, 12:54 AM	#53
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	maybe i have a terminal misunderstanding of reality, so feel free to point it out. when i was down on my luck, partly due to choices, partly due to circumstances... my wife was on bedrest for a problem pregnancy, one month i made $600 GROSS income i was already delinquent on my mortgage, had surrendered one of my vehicles, was 30+days late on every single bill, i met with the "hardship coordinator" for the local power company to hear i wasn't eligible for assistance, was laughed out of the public assistance office, and was literally selling blood to pay for groceries... would i have been justified if i had vandalized, looted, or otherwise harmed another citizen, or would i have been a criminal? i think i would have been a criminal. background is irrelevant. current decisions are within one's control. good bad or ugly we each control our own actions and there is no excuse for harming another individual's person or property, short of open warfare.