The larger the society get's the more
SOCIALLY DISABLED individuals you will find.
Another theory:
http://www.freakonomics.com/videos/#on-tvhttp://www.freakonomics.com/videos/#on-tv
That said, should people be responsible for their own actions? Yes;only to a point, most people walking around doing what they do because of their social level and how they were brought into this world and are doing their daily actions only on a marginal choice...you make little choices...you don't as a well functioning human being dramatically change what you are doing every day; spin out of control and go stealing sprinklers (maybe if you are a neglected child). That's right, if the elementary school system is the only thing raising you as a child (because of compounding problems on home values both parents working, drugs in the home etc); you are more likely to steal and all that other socially bad stuff. Does that mean that it is in your control not to steal? Of course...but there is the dark matter we don't want to pay attention to...and that is that we are failing as a whole. Not all of us are privy to the same level of social enlightenment; and therefor act like...APES! The solution is not to shoot (or lock into cells with other socially retarded individuals to further degrade), but to take it as a sign of the times and get out there and SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP SOCIETY. Go teach some 'at risk kids'. Go spend a day doing some charity somewhere so resources are more readily available to those who need it (Robin Hood).
Should people be shot in a front yard because they are
socially disabled to point that they steal copper sprinklers? NO.
Should you have a right to defend your own property? Yes---though I think when it comes to using violence it should clearly be more for defending your health/life---call the police if you see someone in your yard trying to steal your stuff. If the fella or fellas had posed any threat to your person I can see where violence is a last resort. Those are the rules...and then spend the rest of your life asking yourself---what can I do in my community to make it better so this never happens to anyone again.
Another thought.
There is no crime including rape or murder...in certain societies on this planet that have a population under 500 individuals (above that number things get unwieldy). They also work on average 3-4 hours a day and have far less illness. They don't have wars either where they kill off % of their populations over disagreements and their children are cared for by the ENTIRE tribe. The responsibility of raising and teaching values to the child doesn't get put on an overworked mother at the end of her long workday where she can spare an hour or two to give her child some attention and teach them a few values...
We call ourselves sophisticated...yet simple Pygmy tribes with just a few individuals---work far less, and their society works better.
? am I talking about?
LARGE societies are relatively new to the human species...we have a lot of learning to do to get them to work as well as we can with only a few or so around us which is what for thousands of years was what we were; somewhere along the way we are loosing people----NOBODY should be lost and left behind to the point where they are stealing copper sprinkler parts---but we don't yet have a system in place where we are capable of keeping ALL of us all on the same page...
That is where Festool comes in----it makes me feel better at night working with my hands...building something for someone...showing kids what they can do instead of smoking that stuff and listening to that RCRAP music.
Christopher
) you could shoot someone just for trespassing, or stealing your horse.