All day long I have been fuming about this and I am glad that I waited to post it. I COULD BURN

[davidthegnome]

60. I see poverty as more of a symptom

of the overall sickness - not the cause of violence, but I believe it plays a part. You are right that violence crosses socio-economic boundaries - and perhaps there have always been too many poor to really know the difference, but I think that a man who is poorly educated, poorly nurtured, who is not raised with compassion, is more likely (not inescapably destined) to become like the despicable creature described in the OP. No, it's not all about poverty, but poverty does play a part. It is responsible for so many of the world's evils, in so many ways.

Every single day, evidence of this can be found among the gangs, among the police, among the so called average men. If fewer of us had to live in poverty, I do believe it would make a difference.