Why is it that people over eighty so rarely kill other people in crimes of passion?
Not necessarily. Just as likely, if not more likely, is that by the time you get that old, you may as well go out with honor. I.e. not killing people. Think of it this way: you learn a rule a child: do not pee anywhere but the toilet. You may not be naturally inclined to follow this rule. In fact, you are not. But because of outside pressure you end up doing that, and that only. By the time you’re 30, if someone comes along and says: “hey you can pee wherever now,” you’ll say oh that’s nice and keep using the toilet. This is because you understand that you pee in the toilet for a reason: because it is bad sanitation to do otherwise. Similarly, old people understand that killing people is in bad taste because they’ve been around for a long time, not killing people. Even furthermore, since they are all so in tune with their own mortality, it is likely that they see no point in just killing people in wanton acts of violence. Whereas a young fiery man may get riled up at some insult, an el
