Quote Originally Posted by thir View Post
So, if you have a hungry child or a sick parent, what is most important: to uphold the law, or protect and feed your family?
As I stated above, I can understand this kind of problem, and I can sympathize with the parent. I find it hard to believe there isn't some other way to get out from under, though. Something which doesn't involve sticking a gun in some poor store clerk's face. And, while I can sympathize, how does one mentally justify taking the food from someone else's kids?

But yes, we live in a society where our main function is to buy, and so many temptations are placed before us and much prestige is placed on things, and we are stupid enough to react just as the sellers want in having to have the last new gadget - whatever cost to budget or the world in general.
Again, this may explain some of the strains on people, but it does nothing to justify crime. People don't seem to learn to handle their finances anymore, seeming to believe it all right to buy the latest gadgets, then claiming they can't feed their kids to justify committing a crime.

But I can think of reasons to commit violence that seems acceptable to people, revenge and mob mentality first and foremost, if you feel you have not got justice by the courts, or if you cannot wait for the system to convict somebody.
Yes, these seem acceptable to SOME people. Other than self-defense, including defense of my property or defense of someone unable to defend themself, I can't think of a good reason to injure or kill someone.

People seem to think it ok to kill a suspected child molester without the detal of finding out if that person is actually guilty, this has happened several times here in UK.
Which is what the judicial system is supposed to prevent. But we are seeing more and more instances of suspects being tried in the newspapers or on the TV, and seemingly found guilty by acclamation before they ever appear in court. When people see these pseudo-celebrities making a mockery of the justice system and getting plenty of money for it, it's understandable that they will follow that same trail. Not acceptable, but understandable.

No-? What on earth is that? Tempting idiots to commmit crimes and go to jail for amusements??
But I can see no excuse for tempting people to commit crimes.
I think the entertainment value of it was incidental at first. The purpose was to place a tempting target in an area where a lot of cars had been stolen and try to catch the thieves in the act. They use hidden cameras in the cars to record the suspects and they can shut the car down completely by remote, locking the suspects inside until released by officers.

I don't know who decided to make a TV show about it. And as I said above, it can be fascinating to see how the criminal mind works, sometimes. But yeah, using it as entertainment is somewhat iffy. Of course, there's the idea that perhaps it will deter someone from falling into that trap in the future.

What's really remarkable, though, is that the suspects do have to sign a release to allow the network to show their faces on camera. So many of them are so eager for their 15 minutes of fame, I guess, that they willingly sign those releases. THAT'S the part that drives me nuts!