I was hanging out with two plumbers this morning (exploring new career opportunities). When we got to talking about how their van was stolen from a parking lot at Home Depot. This lead me to muse out loud about "how does anyone have the capacity to steal", not only steal from someone's home but take things that are people's livelihood? I then, started to mutter something about understanding that people are poor and have no other alternative, when one of the plumbers cut me off and plainly said (in Russian), "it's not about being poor it is about how you are brought up (vospitaniya)."
This struck me as an incredible clear and evident truth, there I was making excuses for the thieves, instead of holding them accountable without any conditions or circumstances.
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