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castille · Jan 13, 2004, 08:15 am

We could always ban alcohol and return to moral Christian values....

Nah.

Crime isn't bad. Morality erodes slowly over time. Kids are having sex early, instead of beating each other up they're shooting each other. Consider it a technological upgrade.

Most stuffy academics come up with strange theories about poverty causing crime. I can tell you that rich kids do just as much crime as poor kids. I've had a friend who used to steal gel from Walmart, but I'm sure he could easily afford hair gel (especially when he kept blowing money at the casino).

You just have to get used to it. So maybe your society isn't as safe as it used to be during the Christian 1600s, but at least they don't hang you for pickpocketing anymore!

And I'm sure everyone here has committed a crime before. Theft, burgulary, low detail fraud, selling drugs/alcohol to underage people, etc etc.

Oh yeah G Adams, if you look around the council estate you might find some people who have a lot of money. They're the ones who cheat the government and get to live in cheap housing while working at un-taxed jobs.

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castille Citizen #21521 Posts: 2,599	We could always ban alcohol and return to moral Christian values.... Nah. Crime isn't bad. Morality erodes slowly over time. Kids are having sex early, instead of beating each other up they're shooting each other. Consider it a technological upgrade. Most stuffy academics come up with strange theories about poverty causing crime. I can tell you that rich kids do just as much crime as poor kids. I've had a friend who used to steal gel from Walmart, but I'm sure he could easily afford hair gel (especially when he kept blowing money at the casino). You just have to get used to it. So maybe your society isn't as safe as it used to be during the Christian 1600s, but at least they don't hang you for pickpocketing anymore! And I'm sure everyone here has committed a crime before. Theft, burgulary, low detail fraud, selling drugs/alcohol to underage people, etc etc. Oh yeah G Adams, if you look around the council estate you might find some people who have a lot of money. They're the ones who cheat the government and get to live in cheap housing while working at un-taxed jobs. Ideological loyalty is the act of giving your soul to a vague concept, to be manipulated by people smarter than you.