Does watching noir influence your ideas on the causes of crime?
And if you had to choose one, would you say that the main causes of crime are bad environment or the corruption inherent in the human soul?
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No need. I received my Master's decades ago. This is just something I posted for amusement and at this point I'm merely testing the waters. As soon as I find someone worth exchanging thoughts with, I'll take the trouble to adumbrate my own views on the subject.
Obviously, you don't fit the bill.
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Considering it took you 3 weeks to reply, and seeing as you allegedly received a Master's degree decades ago, you must be older than Moses. The second part of your user name also indicates a latent predilection for hideous primates, which is creepy in and of itself.
shareNot older than Moses, and the name obviously suggests an acquaintance with William Burroughs's work. Other than that, you nailed it, buddy!
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Don't listen to him, he's being a dick. As to your question, I'd say it's a good mixture of both and noir shows that. There are plenty of well off men who weren't raised in harsh environments who are downright viscious (just saw Vertigo recently for the first time, and the man who killed his wife in the fashion he did is a prime example of that; though he did show some sympathy for getting the main character involved like he did).
As for environment, noir seems to show what reality does (to me at least). You get raised among people who support a certain way of thinking and you start to agree with them; right and wrong is DEFINITELY subjective in that way. I just read a book called Siberian Education that's a good look at things like that from inside a criminal community. Be prepared for the section where the author went to Juvee though, it's pretty fscked up.