Comments on: When Thieves See Situation http://thesituationist.wordpress.com/2007/07/10/when-thieves-see-situation/ Wed, 22 May 2013 05:13:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: No Contract for Old Men « The Situationist http://thesituationist.wordpress.com/2007/07/10/when-thieves-see-situation/#comment-11040 Thu, 27 Dec 2007 04:03:40 +0000 http://thesituationist.wordpress.com/2007/07/10/when-thieves-see-situation/#comment-11040 [...] by Jon Hanson on December 27, 2007 In July, Situationist Fellow Kate Hill wrote a post (”When Thieves See Situation“) about how marketers are exploiting the situation of elderly people, many of whom are [...]

]]> By: Pat R. http://thesituationist.wordpress.com/2007/07/10/when-thieves-see-situation/#comment-4497 Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:38:53 +0000 http://thesituationist.wordpress.com/2007/07/10/when-thieves-see-situation/#comment-4497 Much like the profits generated from displacing American workers and shipping jobs through outsourcing, moral ethics is rarely a consideration of “paper businesses” whether legitimate or run by criminals – public or private – who have no public obligation to be moral, only to make profits.

Public priorities are left to public representatives who should not have to be “pressured or bribed” to be ethical and moral.

It is the idea of trust, and the respect of humans that has become endangered in America to an extent that robbing the elderly or trafficking and molesting the young is acceptable if it isn’t done in the public square.

The absence of religious conviction, or the principles of the Ten Commandments is obvious. Why does America continue to subsidize churches? The funds could be better spent upon law enforcement and prevention that works.

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