On Aprril the 1st (April Fool's Day) Ethan Couch was released from a Texas jail. Ehan is the famous for being the Affluenza outlaw. In a car mishap while drunk, he killed four innocent bystanders. His lawyer's defense strategy was to claim AFFLUENZA, wich means one is too rich and spoiled to know the difference in right and wrong.
I think there should also be a defense for poor people, maybe Poor-as-dirt-uenza, which is also a case of not knowing right from wrong, especially when it comes to feeding your family. In the play MY FAIR LADY, the lady's father is asked, "Man! Don't you have any scruples?!
Which the Lady's father answered, "Scruples? What's that? Never mind, I can't afford them!"
Which might explain a lot.
But getting back to AFFLUENZA, too spoiled to know the difference in right and wrong.
I wonder if some people wonder if we have an AFFLUENZA president?
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