Exactly my point. Every time I have heard someone calling for the U.S. to be made a "more just" society, upon asking what is meant by that, it turns out that the person is saying that there is too big a gap between the "haves" and the "have nots", so I gave a few examples of serious crimes where the motivation was clearly not the perpetrator's economic poverty. Not do such people not know "right" from "wrong", as most of them would certainly use every available legal or illegal method to punish someone who stole from them or who rapes their womenfolk or molests their children.
1) Certainly many crimes are not motivated by poverty, but just as cerrtainly, many are. Talking about one does not mean denying the existence of the other.
2) I can't speak for anyone else, but when I talk about wanting a just society, I'm not talking about criminal justice (although I think a better criminal justice system would be nice). I'm usually talking about things like the income tax code, which is unjust as it currently stands. There are many reasons to want to reduce poverty that have nothing to do with reducing the crime rate.
Reggie Bautista Or am I misunderstanding what you're saying? Maru
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