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Considering that, until the Revolutionary War, we were a colony of the British, I'd say that the circumstances surrounding that particular case are somewhat different than taking up citizenship in another independent nation.
Sure, society plays a significant role in shaping how people behave. It forms the very paradigm from which people base all assumptions about living their lives. It does not create a magical get out of jail free card to point fingers at when people make a bad choice. In the end, choices are made by individuals, not by abstract social constructs.
Not to say that the guy was a sinner and is going to hell because he got tagged by a car while jaywalking or anything, because admittedly, that's probably got to suck.
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