Situational variables can exert powerful influences over human behavior, more so that we recognize or acknowledge.
The line between good and evil is permeable and almost anyone can be induced to cross it when pressured by situational forces.
The difference between being a victim and a survivor is often a low level of situational awareness. You can't be a super-spy, watchful and paranoid every day. But I am more watchful than the average American.
Situational unawareness in the private marketplace or on the battlefield will cost you your livelihood or your life. In the Age of Obama, however, such willful ignorance is a job prerequisite. The less you know the better.
I like situational comedy when people are being completely serious and yet you can find something extremely funny, not jokes.