How long til the apologists kick in?

"Poor man was sick, oppressed etc."

I was pumping gas this afternoon, enjoying not having to duck walk around the pump. I mentioned my joy to another gas pumper, and she started to cluck cluck about the poor teenaged boy, who was obviously under the influence of his cruel step-father yada, yada, yada... I didn't say anything, but later (after she was LONG gone!) I came up with the perfect comeback: "I can't get my kid to cut the grass and this guy gets his to drive a murder getaway car?"