Because they have been brought up in the Nanny States of America. They have been taught no moral values (well some of them anyway) and that the fault always belongs to someone else. Oh and don't forget that there isn't any penalty for "petty theft" except maybe that the judge made them promise to never do it again before he let them go with a smile and a nice pat on the head! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" />