An achievement of Darwinism, i salute these boys for taking themselves off the streets and saving someone else the job.
http://macintyre.com/content/view/287/105/ I remember this. The sting advertised for contestants for this upcoming "reality TV" show featuring petty criminals, they were interviewed "to check if they were interesting enough" and bragged about their criminal careers in the hope of getting on TV.
Well.... as Nexxo says.... The only drawback is that there will be no stupid people to do all the crap jobs proper people don't want to do. We need more research on robots.. proper ones, not Asimo, but ones we never quite trust not to take over the world 'cos they're so smart. I'm still baffled why anyone would want to start all those fires. I've heard reasons, but FFS, what is wrong with these people?
that's OK. Stupid people generally are too stupid to work (or do the job right) anyway. How long have you got? I'll give you a hint. It's about feeling insignificant, and it's about power and control.
Oh I feel worthless... Lets burn stuff... I guess it's more for the bragging rights... Hey dude, look what I've done... I torched that place... Aren't I cool now?? I deserve respect... NOT
Arson is frequently a crime of revenge comitted by people who lack the courage to directly confront the situation. I've seen it caused by neighborhood disputes around here. The classic one was a couple years back when neighbor A reported Neighbor B for burning garbage. The next day Neighbor B set Neighbor A's car on fire. Just another day in Kendall. Another reason is for the thrill. Lets face it, fires are exciting, especially if you're a firefighter. There was a firefighter in District 10 arrested a few months ago for starting a series of fires so he could be the first one to respond. We've also had a number of fires set by teenagers just because they were bored so they burned down a vacant building. Around here anyway, Arson is still a pretty safe crime to commit, at least as long as you don't hurt anyone. Generally arson is investigated by the fire marshall and not the police or sheriff and it's pretty rare for them to actually catcxh anyone, much less convict them.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/4751533.stm Much the same as vandalism and defecating at the place they've broken into, quite common with "amateur" thieves.
Not long actually.. Oh well. I do understand the theory.. just can't work out why some insecure people who feel worthless turn to crime, and others turn it into a positive. WHen you read a lot of biographies on comedians and actors, they turn out to be insecure, or from broken homes and have feelings of being worthless in one way or another. They seem to almost re-invent themselves in a positive way. Whether it's ultimately successful is another matter, but at least they don't burn people's houses down.
...and you need to prove you're the coolest because...? Oh, OK then. Some people just have a low self-esteem. They feel insignificant and that they don't matter; they feel powerless in a world that they have no control over and takes no notice of them. Moreover, some teenagers feel deprived and angry (often with some reason). In the egocentric worldview of a teenager that is quite upsetting. So they try and assert power and control over the world: to matter, to be of significance. To make people sit up and take notice. Awe, respect, fear, anger, it's all good as long as people notice them. Now if you are bright and talented, and you are nurtured or encouraged in some way, you may find a creative outlet for these urges: a drive to achieve. If you are dumb however, and have no particular talents, and no self-regulation or self-discipline to focus your abilities, you may become destructive, given that this is a lot easier and at least as gratifying in the short term. Some people become vandals; if you live in the Middle East you may even become a suicide bomber. Of course, you then need to brag about it. You need to let the world know it was you. Hence their bragging on the internet (suicide bombers leave posthumous videos). They knew it could get them caught, of course, but they didn't care --it may even have added to the dare.
