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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]These poor Jean Valjeans are just trying to clothe their families.[/quote]

Have pity for them. They need the coats more than you do. These poor people don’t have access to any help. [/quote]

Yeah, sure! Blame poors for the acts of lawless.[/quote]It's not the wealthy committing armed robbery.[/quote]

It's not the poor either.  These are crimes of opportunity.[/quote]

Or crimes of malice.[/quote]
I think we should be careful about throwing the word “crime” around before we analyze the full context under which each of these type of activities occur.
Many of these type of events I think we would all agree would fall into a “needs” category (i.e. people need a coat to survive but cannot afford one due to society’s exploitation).  This should not be a crime.
What I think needs to be further explored is how many of these events are acts of empowerment - an oppressed individual seeking dignity and self-actualization against their oppressor.  Not something I would classify as crime.
In the end I think we’d be left with a tiny fraction that could be considered truly criminal activity. [/quote]

I’m going to assume this is sarcasm.[/quote]

The problem is it very well may not be. People like this actually exist. Hence the situation we are in. [/quote]

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