I always find it amusing whenever a petty criminal get's collared and says.. "There are real criminals out there, the police should go after them". It could be a speeding ticket, it could be benefit fraud, they'll always come out with that line when they get nabbed... it's a reflex.

So, this little gem is intended for them.
The traffic police, the fraud investigator, the store detective and the easter bunny all know there are more serious crimes going on. But I'll tell ya, traffic wardens don't go after gunrunners when they finish writing you up and they don't take on organised crime during their lunch breaks neither.

We all know there are far more serious crimes that those you have committed, that's why there are other highly trained men and women working on those cases at the same time you're being fingered for having a busted tail light. Office dibble isn't being taken away from interpol when he's pulling you over Y'know.

It's the same when a drug user has the balls to lecture us that alcohol causes more violence and social disharmony than the particular drug they themselves are on at the time, I've yet to see a drung user who doesn't drink alcohol aswell.
"sure I shoot coke into my big toe, but I draw the line at miller time"

The very idea that we should forget everything apart from the single most serious crime is quite funny if you think about it, maybe it's an attempt at the jedi mind trick... "there are far more serious crimes going on, we don't need to waste our time with habitual criminal"

And then you get the lovable criminal ie. drug dealer who breaks the law but still wants to be your friend who try to justify their low-lifery with this line... see if this rings a bell or two. "if I didn't do it... somebody else would"

so does that mean that drug dealers actually believe there is one less crack slinger in the hood because they sell drugs? what is with that already?