pharaoh68
Banned
Crime exists for a number of different reasons but two stand at the front of the pack.
The first one to address is abnormal psychology. In the case of sexual predators and other violent criminals, the main motive behind there crimes often boils down to a hunger for power or some other depravity that is engrained in the human psyche. Why? That will vary from case to case. Be it neglect as a child, molestation as a child, etc. However, something has set these individuals off onto a path of depravity that often leads to violence of some kind.
The second reasons that many crimes are committed (and by far the most prominant) is money. It makes the world go 'round. It always has and (sadly) it always will. While many of us here on the forums and sitting at desks next to you, living right beside you, etc., prefer to keep our noses clean rather than risk a jail term or worse, there are millions who see the quick payday in something like drug dealing or muggins (to name a few) as an acceptible way to make a quick dollar. It is this greed and the insatiable drive to do whatever it takes to get that dollar that forces people to turn to a life of crime.
Do you honestly think that legalizing drugs is going to make the crime stop? Not by a long shot. Remember, for every drug dealing entity, drugs are only one of the crimes they commit. For every mobster oout there, racketeering and shakedowns are just the tip of the iceberg. These are some of the things that criminals do to earn money. Murder, assualt, intimidation, etc. These are some of the things that criminals do to ensure that they can keep earning money. Legalizing the drug trade will do little more than make drugs more readily available. The cartels that own the fields producing cocaine and the like will still be competing violently and will often turn to other forms of crime to make sure that they are earning more than the next guy.
And lets not forget about crime that happens under the influence of these now legal drugs. People who have little or no control over their actions and pull a trigger in a drug induced rage are just forcing the problem of crime to continue.
Face it, in a city like Vegas, an oasis of bustling activity in the middle of the desert, money is king and as long as that is the case, even harsher punishment for offenders isn't going to make crime disappear.
The first one to address is abnormal psychology. In the case of sexual predators and other violent criminals, the main motive behind there crimes often boils down to a hunger for power or some other depravity that is engrained in the human psyche. Why? That will vary from case to case. Be it neglect as a child, molestation as a child, etc. However, something has set these individuals off onto a path of depravity that often leads to violence of some kind.
The second reasons that many crimes are committed (and by far the most prominant) is money. It makes the world go 'round. It always has and (sadly) it always will. While many of us here on the forums and sitting at desks next to you, living right beside you, etc., prefer to keep our noses clean rather than risk a jail term or worse, there are millions who see the quick payday in something like drug dealing or muggins (to name a few) as an acceptible way to make a quick dollar. It is this greed and the insatiable drive to do whatever it takes to get that dollar that forces people to turn to a life of crime.
Do you honestly think that legalizing drugs is going to make the crime stop? Not by a long shot. Remember, for every drug dealing entity, drugs are only one of the crimes they commit. For every mobster oout there, racketeering and shakedowns are just the tip of the iceberg. These are some of the things that criminals do to earn money. Murder, assualt, intimidation, etc. These are some of the things that criminals do to ensure that they can keep earning money. Legalizing the drug trade will do little more than make drugs more readily available. The cartels that own the fields producing cocaine and the like will still be competing violently and will often turn to other forms of crime to make sure that they are earning more than the next guy.
And lets not forget about crime that happens under the influence of these now legal drugs. People who have little or no control over their actions and pull a trigger in a drug induced rage are just forcing the problem of crime to continue.
Face it, in a city like Vegas, an oasis of bustling activity in the middle of the desert, money is king and as long as that is the case, even harsher punishment for offenders isn't going to make crime disappear.
