Yep, definately a 'Cultural Thing'

Whoopi says dog fighting OK because it's what Vick grew up w/:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,295718,00.html

And a CA woman killed her kid (who was already sick andhad a broken arm and skull) by swabbing out his nose w/ a Q-tip that had been used to clean a meth pipe:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,295585,00.html

And Fenty, Jackson, et. al. are claiming that guns are causing these kinds of actions?