Quote: Kevin Murphy @ August 9 2011, 2:40 PM BSTWell that's bollocks. History is full of peasant revolts. France used to have them on an annual basis.
What we're looking at here is people who can't afford the finer things in life stealing them, so poverty certainly is a factor.
I bet you would find the large majority of the people committing these crimes have mobile phones, televisions and computer consoles already and have no worry where their next meal is coming from; that isn't poverty. That's why I said it isn't poverty. I understand there have been peasant revolts through the ages but your comment ignores the fact that there have still been millions and millions of people living in poverty who haven't done this.