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ThirdWheelWanted -> RE: Must have used a knife (8/23/2014 3:28:20 AM)
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ORIGINAL: joether
Oh that's right, BamaD lives in this fantasy world in which there are no smart criminals. That he can outsmart all of them......'forgot'....
Tell me, BamaD, how did 19 guys manage to wreck three really large buildings and cause a number of other problems on September 11, 2001? Must not have been a mastermind behind it all, since, according to your 'logic', there are no smart criminals.
The smart criminals do not usually get catch due to stupid or foolish mistakes. But they being human, are still open to making mistakes here and there. There are many murders whom took the police a while to track down (i.e. serial killers). I guess loading a Ryder rental truck with fertilizer, gas, and remote detonator, parking before a federal building in Oklahoma City, ....had....to have been done by a pair of idiots, right?
So could a smart criminal rob a gas station? Or an athletic/well trained and smart criminal can not mug people? Or are you of the opinion that if someone is physically strong, they are an idiot and vise versa?
Maybe I'm wrong, but isn't twisting around a thread about small-time stick-up robbers and comparing them to a well funded and planned terrorist strike a bit of a straw-man?
Serial killers are sometimes fairly smart, but the biggest reason they're not usually caught right away is that they don't have the typical connections to their victims. When there's a murder, the first person looked at is the spouse or significant other. Then family, friends, etc. Usually, the murderer can be found within their circle of acquaintances. With a serial killer, the connection is often only in their minds, or is otherwise so tenuous that it's hard to trace. So comparing a serial killer to a street mugger is a pretty big leap.
Do you really think criminal "master-minds" are sitting around coordinating hold-ups at gas stations? Seriously?
Are there smart criminals? Sure, but I'd venture that they're going after slightly bigger game. ID theft, credit card theft, banks, etc. (Hell the really smart ones went to college and got jobs on Wall St where they could steal millions.)
Could a smart person rob a gas station? Yes, they could. I suppose if someone were desperate enough, they'd resort to just about anything, but that's also like asking if a Harvard grad could wind up working at McDonalds. It could happen, but the odds are pretty strongly against it.
Same goes for athletic/well-trained & smart (or strong & smart). Could they mug someone? Yes, but again, why? Wouldn't someone smart look at the risk vs reward of a mugging? The average mugging, what are you likely to get? Watch, wallet (some cash, some credit cards), cell phone, maybe some jewelry. Most of that would have to be fenced, so you'd be lucky to get 20-30% of what it's worth, and can leave a trail. Credit cards, you could try to make some fast buys before they're canceled, but that's liable to put you on cameras, or if you're buying on-line leaves a trail that can be traced. Maybe you'll get $100? $200-300 if you're really lucky? With a risk of 5-10 years if you're caught. Is that worth it for someone smart?
Criminals are predators. Predators, whether they're human or animal, want to get the maximum reward for the minimum risk. You're pretty unlikely to hear a nature show host talk about a lion checking out a herd of buffalo, then walking openly up to the biggest, toughest one and challenging it to a fair fight. Predators look for the easiest target they think they can safely attack, and get away with. It's generally that simple.
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