I am curious about something....

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I dunno.

I was raised in honkytonks and whorehouses as a child. I was taught "everything I needed to know in life" from card sharps, thieves, cut throats, murderers, thugs, hooligans, and any other form of low life you can think of. I was raised in pretty much the worst sort of environment you could think of a child being raised in. Add to the fact that I was allowed to pretty much raise my self with very little adult intervention or direction... Inspite of, or because of, I grew up with a defined set of strong morals and an iron sense of honour. Are we just a product of our environment?
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By no means am I excusing their behavior. However, when you grow up with everything and everyone including newspapers and TV around you saying that the sky is pink, then you will believe it. It is only a very small minority that bucks the trend, and in a highly restrictive society (based on a highly restrictive and inflexible faith) such as this, that minority is almost non-existant. However, that still does not excuse them or their behavior and I do not necessarily disagree with your sentiments. However, no matter how much I hate these people, I would never presume that I would definately be different in their place. Maybe... or maybe not.



-A