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<blockquote data-quote="tRidiot" data-source="post: 3283388" data-attributes="member: 569830">I&#039;m sorry, but I DO think that your age likely has something to do with it... let&#039;s face it, as we get older, our views on the world change, as our experiences mold us and we develop more responsibility and have families that depend on us.Come on, now, we&#039;re not talking about someone who is stealing food to feed their family... we&#039;re talking about (most likely) a kid working in grocery store stealing beer. Hardly a staple like baby formula. And a drug dealer... for me, there&#039;s no excuse for selling drugs, and in this country there&#039;s seldom any excuse for stealing. Certainly you haven&#039;t shown me anything that would sway my opinion.And please don&#039;t try to give me this crap about not snitching in school, being a tattletale. That is part of the reason we don&#039;t allow children to vote, drive, drink, etc. Because they&#039;re not old enough to discern the difference between telling the teacher than Jenny pulled her hair or that Little Johnny smashed a grasshopper, and knowing when to step up and do the right thing because someone&#039;s stealing another person&#039;s property, or selling illegal substances on the streetcorner that could very well end up costing someone their life that night. That&#039;s why we GO to school for so long, not just to get the &#039;book-larnin&#039;, but also to learn how society interacts, and what&#039;s considered appropriate behavior. Stealing and drug-dealing aren&#039;t.You can bury your head in the sand all you want, claiming that your &#039;honor&#039; or reputation is at stake if you snitch on someone... but we both know the actions are wrong, and that you&#039;re making the conscious decision to ignore it if it doesn&#039;t affect you. What would happen if you came out tomorrow morning and found your car window shattered and your valuable stereo system gone? From your sig, it looks like you&#039;ve got several thousand in equipment there... I&#039;ll bet if it all got ripped off, you&#039;d be through the roof wanting to know who did it. And then when you found out your neighbor was sitting on the porch the whole time watching someone jack your shit, but not only didn&#039;t stop it, or call you, but now also steadfastly refuses to &#039;snitch&#039; on someone, how would you feel about that?You really don&#039;t have to answer that... we all know the truth.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="tRidiot, post: 3283388, member: 569830"] I'm sorry, but I DO think that your age likely has something to do with it... let's face it, as we get older, our views on the world change, as our experiences mold us and we develop more responsibility and have families that depend on us. Come on, now, we're not talking about someone who is stealing food to feed their family... we're talking about (most likely) a kid working in grocery store stealing beer. Hardly a staple like baby formula. And a drug dealer... for me, there's no excuse for selling drugs, and in this country there's seldom any excuse for stealing. Certainly you haven't shown me anything that would sway my opinion. And please don't try to give me this crap about not snitching in school, being a tattletale. That is part of the reason we don't allow children to vote, drive, drink, etc. Because they're not old enough to discern the difference between telling the teacher than Jenny pulled her hair or that Little Johnny smashed a grasshopper, and knowing when to step up and do the right thing because someone's stealing another person's property, or selling illegal substances on the streetcorner that could very well end up costing someone their life that night. That's why we GO to school for so long, not just to get the 'book-larnin', but also to learn how society interacts, and what's considered appropriate behavior. Stealing and drug-dealing aren't. You can bury your head in the sand all you want, claiming that your 'honor' or reputation is at stake if you snitch on someone... but we both know the actions are wrong, and that you're making the conscious [B]decision[/B] to ignore it if it doesn't affect [B]you[/B]. What would happen if you came out tomorrow morning and found your car window shattered and your valuable stereo system gone? From your sig, it looks like you've got several thousand in equipment there... I'll bet if it all got ripped off, you'd be through the roof wanting to know who did it. And [B]then[/B] when you found out your neighbor was sitting on the porch the whole time [B]watching[/B] someone jack your shit, but not only didn't stop it, or call you, but now also steadfastly refuses to 'snitch' on someone, how would you feel about that? You really don't have to answer that... we all know the truth. [/QUOTE]

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