crime or criminal

What is worse; the crime or the criminal? We have heard the saying "hate the crime and not the criminal." Well, whoever said that I feel is an idiot and did not know what he was talking about. Why not hate the criminal? After all the culprit is the one who actually went through the process ro carry out the act ! Imagine briefly what the thought process of a villain's mind would be before carrying out an evil act. The fact that a thought process is present clearly implies that the person would know what they are doing and what its implications are ! Unless the criminal has a skewed idea of right and wrong I can't imagine anyone making choices that are quite reprehensible but yet people do it everyday ! So who should the hate be directed to? The criminal of course ! Hating a crime does not solve the problem. Remember a crime is an abstract idea waiting to be realised at the hands of .... well you guessed it the bastard criminal ! The saying was probably introduced by someone who has a feel-good attitude about everyone but does not take into account the potential for evil from people. I am not asking everyone becomes a cynic, rather I want people to keep an open mind and try to challenge the norms which in this case is between the done and the doer.