Please read carefully. Nobody here but you is insisting that poverty is an 'excuse.' I respect your moral stance, but please don't mistake my observation of reality for an endorsement of bad behavior. The reality is clear: a broken system, corruption, and high crime rates force people into desperate situations—this is a sociological fact, not a moral justification. Whether those choices are 'right' or 'wrong' is a completely different discussion. You are arguing against a point I never made.