Is it society's fault if you become a criminal?

Short & Curly

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Society & Culture, Kids & Family, Philosophy

4.6 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2020

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

The bushranger Ned Kelly led a gang of criminals more than 100 years ago. He was first arrested when he was just 14 and then he went on to rob and kill people. But before his last infamous shootout, Ned Kelly wrote a letter to the world saying that none of it was his fault, that society was unfair and he had no alternative. So, can you really blame society for how your life turns out?

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0:00.0	This is an ABC podcast.
0:05.0	Hey, it's Molly here.
0:08.0	Today we're going to hear about a famous criminal from Australia's past.
0:14.0	See if you can guess who we mean.
0:16.3	He wears a big bucket made out of tin on his head
0:20.4	with a little rectangle over his eyes that he can see out of.
0:25.0	Think you know who it is? I mean, metal buckets have never really been high fashion headgear, have they?
0:31.0	One another hint?
0:33.0	He had a large gang of other people like him and he was the leader.
0:38.0	Can you guess?
0:40.0	It's the Bush Ranger Ned Kelly. He was first arrested at age 14 and was later hanged for his crimes.
0:48.0	Today on Short and Curley, we want to think about how and why people get into crime. Is it all their own fault or not?
0:57.0	On with the show!
1:00.0	Ned Kelly was an outlaw, a naughty boy. He robbed and stole and murdered.
1:13.4	But I say he wasn't a wicked man,
1:18.0	even though that's how I heard it. Five, 6, 7, 8.
1:24.0	It wasn't Ned's fault.
1:26.0	He wasn't born to be cruel.
1:28.0	Society forced him to be a bad guy.
1:31.0	Poor Ned had nothing. No money or luck so he was made to live a criminal life.
1:40.0	Uh, hello Molly. Why are you sitting by a fire playing guitar? Also, why did you light a fire inside the podcast studio?
1:49.0	Hey Carl, I'm just having a little sing-along night.
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