I don't think it's anyone's fault.

Life is all about choices we make. We, as an individual, make the choice about which path we are going to follow in this life. It doesn't matter what sort of family we are born into or the upbringing we have which determines what sort of person we will become. Most people are taught right from wrong from a very early age. There are some people who have been born into a family which has nothing and they turn out very well adjusted and have happy lives. Others are born into wealth and/or position and they end up with nothing because they make the wrong choices. Ech and every one of us knows that taking something that does not belong to them is a crime. Even if the parents do not teach the child that, then the person they stole from certainly will. The same with rapists and murderers. The person who rapes or murders someone else has stolen from them too. In the case of a rapist, he has stolen the self respect and security of the victim. Murderers have stolen the life of their victim. The terrorist has destroyed property which belongs to someone else; taken the lives of people and in other instances stolen the peace of mind of the victims who survive. All of the people who committed these crimes knew right from wrong and yet they still went ahead and took something that they had no right to. Why? I believe they do/did it for their own selfish gratification or their warped thinking, as well as their total disrespect for their victims. I believe that there are some people who are born evil. A normal young child of 5 or 6 does not go out and deliberately kill and animal or seriously hurt another person. It does happen though and that sort of thing is not something that a child would learn at home.

I think you show a lot of wisdom, there. Nobody intends to be bad, I agree. But when they become adults they have the chance to change--sometimes, though, they don't have the opportunity. A poor person who quit high school has a lot of hurdles, financial and otherwise, if they want to get an education. It's a shame it's so expensive. I also think we're going about crime control all wrong. If we paid more attention to our children and make sure that they're well fed, well educated and well housed with parents that love them, we could cut crime in half in a generation. That would mean helping disadvantaged parents get education, job training and other things to help them provide for their children. That's a big, expensive project but not as expensive as housing their offspring in prison when they grow up to become criminals. Before someone jumps on me for saying that, poor people don't always commit crimes. But being poor certainly increases one's chances of growing up to choose a life of crime and can also foster abuse and mistreatment. We need to watch out for and care for our children here and we could see a huge dip in crime in twenty years.

hi sheepie, i think you are right.noone is better than anything or else.but then rewards and punishments is neccessary in the society..that is what makes us human .being sensitive to the feelings of others.

Hi Sheepie, It doesn't matter how you are brought up, it could be in well off family or the poor, you have got a brain and you have got choices in life to make your life better, no one can do that for you but you have to fight and try to be better, just because youcome from the gutter, its no excuse for anyone to commit crime. Tamara

I think you are talking about education. We need a proper way to teach us how we behave in our socity, to teach us what is right what is wrong, and how we abey to the rule of country. We have to fully awear of our national laws, and laws should be a very solumn inside our hearts.

actually, its not somebody's fault always. but most of the times we do mistakes purposely for which we are unable to provide any answers and this should not be done. its better to rectify than to commit mistakes..

My opinion is that if everyone is born with the capacity to differentiate the bad from the good they ought to be good.They must choose to be good because it is wrong to be bad.We are born humans and we are supposed to be live like one.Circumstances cannot be an excuse to go on a killing,maiming and raping spree and become an embodiment evil.Evil has to be abhorred and punished.That is the basic rule of civilization.We all are facing the good times and bad times in life .We have to bear the brunt of our deeds .We just cannot reflect our bitterness on others.

Yes. i think we all make those choices in our life no matter how we were raised. things happen in alot of people's lives and it changes their outlook alot of times.

Hello, Sheepie. I understand your point of view. The rapist does not wants to be a rapist. He just is. When he was small, he probably was a child that suffered from abusive parents and, as he grew, his situation was so poor that he was changing until what he is now. I understand it. The rapist could be anybody. If you were born with a bad family, and did not receive the ideal care, you would be a rapist. I would. Anybody would. But no, the events in our lives were more fortunate. We had "luck". Yet, there are people who grow up in really poor conditions, even worse than this rapist. And they do not become "bad". They remain good and honest. But it was their choice to be good. In my opinion, yes, it is the rapist fault to be rapist. He should be punished and he will be punished. You cannot blame others only. He had a weak mind when he decided to give up and choose his way. I believe that many parents are unprepared. Not only in one country, but in all. There are parents that are not ready to give their children a good education. And when these children grow, that's what happens: burglars, assassins, rapists, killers. But the "children" should also be blamed for the life they take. To prevent crime we should teach the parents. To fight against it, we must punish the criminals. Respectfully, Munhozmib.

People do bad things for no apparent reason, but the threads that hold society together is personal responsibility, laws, and consideration. Lately it seems as if personal responsibility and consideration havegiven away to do your own thing as long as it ain't against the law. I think that is why we see more lawsuits. When everyone is doing their own thing...nobody is doing the right thing.

hi sheepie, let me comment on your statement. i dont believe that the doer of elicit act should not be blamed for doing such thing. there is a word CHOICE in this world. whatever you do reflects your choice. if someone choose to do bad things it is because he wants to do it. similarly, if one committed an act like rape or molestation, its his choice and he should be blamed on that. if we did not blame the doer who are we doing to blame the victim.? however i believe in your statement saying that everyone is born with the capacity to be good and be bad still its a choice. since it is a choice one should know the consequences of his act. be blessed

My friend ...u say so may be because u r a good soul....who wants all the good things to happen to this world....But not all the crimes are situational...There are people who are really bad through their soul...These are people who are maximum in number of all convicts....& tell u what we can not even take the plea of mental illness to justify a wrong did.A culprit is someone who doesn't know how to live with in the boundaries of a social culture, & i believe he should face the befitting punishment for his/her crime...

I'm things to anyone's fault that they do bad things. We congratulate and keeping people from learned to emphasize crimes. capcity to be good or capacity to bad and is a person's life that changes their outlook, sould not fault is bad manurse.

i like this topic,it's react a social problem,,,everyone is common when they step in this world beginning,,,we eat food,,drink water,,run in the earth,,,look all of this world ,,,but with time by,,we have changed,,may be family or society is one of reasons why we changed,,,but i think it depends on ourself ,,fault isnt fearfulness,,,but if always make fault and do not correct it,,it is the way to hell.