And it's a shitty excuse, just like a "silly drunken man making a silly drunken mistake". Bitches like this need to be kicked down hard for the sake of societal trust, first and foremost.

But that's the thing, see. It's not that soft times breed soft humans, it's that soft times allow the damaging parasites within human society to begin with to happily get away with things, and either propagate, or simply come out of the woodwork. Because, hey, why NOT be a scofflaw when you know the worst you'll get is a literal light slap on the wrist, and a wagging no,no,no finger in yer face.