Poverty the Mother of All Crimes

Karachi, Pakistan - Saiyed Fauzan Ali - Sunday, March 9th, 2008 : goo

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What is poverty?

Definition: Poverty, scarcity or poorness is the lack of income source to buy food. In some cases it is not only the state of having income that is below the line of poverty but it is also the inability to sustain a specified level of well being.

How is it connected to crimes?

It is in fact that most of the crimes that occur are due to poverty, except for countries where the minimum necessities of life are met. No matter how much moral the person is, if the poverty threatens his or her life then he/she is likely to indulge into such criminal acts and could try to attack the prevailing social structure. Some times honest people who hate corruption from depth of their beings fail to keep their mental balance and due to the pressure of poverty and resort to crimes just to maintain their existence. In such circumstances the judge only looks at the crime committed instead of finding out the cause that lead the committer to such an act. What happens is the person is sent to jail and is labeled as a criminal and after his release he is further humiliated by the society and therefore is forced to become a habitual thief.

Is there any solution?

My answer, yes there is. The solution to all these antisocial activities is in the creation of a sound economic and social structure. The person who is indulged to crimes and is labeled as a criminal by the society might be a genius if he had been brought up in a healthy environment. The child who is despised as a thief and is ill-treated by the society might have been an honest and respected man if he had received sympathy by the society in the early part of his life. Therefore I contend that those unfortunates who carry a burden of sins are not responsible for their acts. In my opinion their sins are less or no greater then the sins of the selfish and mean-minded people who call them selves honest.

It is a duty of the government to help those unfortunate ones who cannot maintain a balanced life by providing them with jobs so they could earn an income to reach that specific level of well-being and then it is the job of the society to treat them with kindness and provide them sympathy.

I would end my topic by saying that the government should play an important role by putting an end to poverty so to make a peace full, economical and social environment.

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