"The only person responsible for bad behavior and bad choices is the person committing those acts." Have you ever heard the old saying "if someone told you to jump off a bridge, would you? You just can't leave out 'influence.' It colors what our general attitude might be on any given issue. There will always be people who would surely jump. But most people wouldn't. Influence steers the behavior in all of us, not just those designated as enemies by those who've been influenced by religious and political rhetoric.