You might not like or agree with what I'm about to comment, though I've noted...

In harsher climates the law is often allowed to be bent a bit more than in more benevolent areas.

Perhaps pervasive behavior as a sometimes needed survival mechanism, though sometimes abused.

It aint so civilized.

Theory related to a decade, plus, of observation of behaivior of Northern folk....self, more or less, inclusive.

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