Duggan Case

[Kezzieboy]

A couple of points I'd like to make. I don't buy the socioeconomic reasons that people commit crime in this country. To commit a crime is a choice not something you're forced into because of where you live, you certainly don't have to commit crime to survive in this country. You either choose to be a good person or you don't, it's down to morals. I grew up very poor, my dad was in and out of prison and my mother had a drinking problem, but I've never been convicted of a crime and have a good job and own my own house. I made a choice not to follow my parents.

Secondly, racism again is mo excuse for committing a crime. My family came here as immigrants in the 1940s and found it hard to find work due to prejudice, but with hard work and perseverance got to a decent place in life.

It's all about choices and taking responsibility for your actions.

I'm not giving an excuse, merely pointing out that there is a very clear correlation, and that if we lived in a fairer society these problems would be minimised. However we prefer to focus on symptomatic problems rather that their root causes.

It is down to morals, you're right, but nobody cares about middle-class crime, such as fiddling your tax returns, people getting expensive accountants to minimise the tax they pay. People prefer to have a moan about the [insert minority group] robbing their corner shop. Crime is crime, it's just that the crime committed by those from a lower social standing is more visible.

There is almost always a reason other than just a lack of morals for committing a crime, and generally it is greed, but it's the greed of those who have plenty that riles me more than the greed of those who have very little.

Where did they migrate from? Surely that experience makes you want to strive towards equality within this country, so people don't have to suffer what your family was put through?