“You two have lovely hearts!” she told us.  But she couldn’t have known that.  What’s more, it’s irrelevant.  What mainly matters for people to be able to live & function together,  is not our hearts and thoughts but how we behave.  The motives of muggers & murderers don’t matter. Their behavior does. The reasons robbers rob and rapists rape is largely irrelevant.  But since you ask, I do happen to know why young men commit these hideous crimes. The answer is simple: Because they wanted to.  Being able to resist our wants and desires takes character and GIC’s abandoned teaching character half a century ago. Successful management of the Imperial Roman Empire, the Nazi’s 3rd Reich, and Islamic Jihad. 90% of violent crime committed by which 13% of the population? 

<p>&ldquo;You two have lovely hearts!&rdquo; she told us.&nbsp; But she couldn&rsquo;t have known that.&nbsp; What&rsquo;s more, it&rsquo;s irrelevant.&nbsp; What mainly matters for people to be able to live &amp; function together, &nbsp;is not our hearts and thoughts but how we behave.&nbsp; The motives of muggers &amp; murderers don&rsquo;t matter. Their behavior does. The reasons robbers rob and rapists rape is largely irrelevant.&nbsp; But since you ask, I do happen to know why young men commit these hideous crimes. The answer is simple: Because they wanted to.&nbsp; Being able to resist our wants and desires takes character and GIC&rsquo;s abandoned teaching character half a century ago. Successful management of the Imperial Roman Empire, the Nazi&rsquo;s 3<sup>rd</sup>&nbsp;Reich, and Islamic Jihad. 90% of violent crime committed by which 13% of the population?&nbsp;</p>

Rabbi Daniel Lapin reveals how the world REALLY works and reminds us that the more things change, the more we need to depend upon those things that never change.