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comment by bioemerl
bioemerl  ·  3772 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: There's Not Going To Be A Purge In Your Town

The whole idea of a purge, that people have to "work violence out of their system" is stupid in the first place.

People who commit crime are going to do so no matter the laws that exist. They steal for their kids, for their wallets, for that next moment of getting high. They steal because they have to have that thing, and cannot buy it. People murder because of out of control emotions, or because the person is standing between them and the reason they steal.