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about a year ago there was an incident near columbia university in new york city that still depresses the heck out of me.  two punk kids robbed a young college student; this student, i will admit, probably used questionable judgement because she tried to fight these punks off. surely the safer thing would have been to hand over her money and valuables but that's not what she chose to do.  probably acting on instinct, she fought them and wound up dying.  she was stabbed after she bit one of the losers.  bear with me, i just want to give some background.  i felt like vomiting when some left wing congress woman said "this is two examples of consequences of poverty."  she was saying that these punks robbed and killed the woman because they were poor.  typical left wing crap.  the other example she was citing, i guess, was that someone lost their life.  it made me sick how she put the victim on the same level as the attackers.  there are many people who live in poverty. most of them don't go around robbing and killing.
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This was truly heartbreaking and I'm sorry to hear that this incident happened. You're absolutely right; poverty does not necessarily equal bad decisions, violence, or lack of morality. It can be hard for anyone in poor circumstances to navigate through life and making the wrong decisions is easy - unfortunately, these two punks preyed upon a young college student and their decision to commit a violent crime should bear the brunt of the blame. It doesn't excuse their behavior in any way and it's absolutely despicable, but the two punks should be held more accountable than this young victim. The fact that this event was used as an example of the "consequences of poverty" is despicable. These two punks' lives shouldn't define the experience of anyone living in poverty.