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arconaut

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Re: A Victim Treats His Mugger Right
« Reply #15 on: August 18, 2010, 09:56:23 AM »


This is a tough room!  Smile
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Re: A Victim Treats His Mugger Right
« Reply #16 on: August 18, 2010, 10:21:52 AM »

arconaut wrote on Wed, 18 August 2010 07:56


This is a tough room!  Smile


All kidding aside. Glad around to tell your story. Cool
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Re: A Victim Treats His Mugger Right
« Reply #17 on: August 18, 2010, 11:25:15 AM »

bblackwood wrote on Tue, 17 August 2010 19:17

Hallams wrote on Tue, 17 August 2010 18:29

 I figured "we" (of anglo european ancestry) stole their land and caused the residual cultural pain they still endure to this day so i was happy for them to have my gear.

Wow.


That IS pretty fucking mind blowing.

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Re: A Victim Treats His Mugger Right
« Reply #18 on: August 18, 2010, 12:05:08 PM »

JGauthier wrote on Wed, 18 August 2010 00:30

Thats the stupidest thing I have ever read.

Seriously.

Thats not a nice story... Thats a pathetic moron. Even Disney would call that some dumbass shit.




dude got his wallet back and didn't get hurt. doesn't seem too pathetic or stupid to me.
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Re: A Victim Treats His Mugger Right
« Reply #19 on: August 18, 2010, 01:08:41 PM »

arconaut wrote on Wed, 18 August 2010 06:56


This is a tough room!  Smile


Righteous indignation is more addictive than crack.

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Re: A Victim Treats His Mugger Right
« Reply #20 on: August 18, 2010, 02:26:36 PM »

I find it interesting that some people take a "small story" and start making political, ethnic, ideological and etc generalizations based on a one-time occurrence.

A guy tries to mug me at knife point? I give him my wallet and leave pi**ed off but thankful not to be hurt; a group of people rob my stuff that I left outside and stay there defiantly? I minimize my losses by leaving in silence, and don't waste any of my time trying to find a justification for their act.

Now, in the first case, if I were a skilled social worker with knowledge of the area and the people in it and sensed that there was 'something' in the eyes of my underage mugger I _might_ decide to act differently; in the second case, if I were Chuck Norris I would have shown the thieves that they shouldn't have messed with my stuff.  Smile
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Re: A Victim Treats His Mugger Right
« Reply #21 on: August 18, 2010, 02:45:44 PM »

The only time I was ever mugged, it was with a gun, brandished but never actually pointed at me. What I saw was a deadly weapon in the hands of someone who didn't have the balls to use it.

Turns out I was wrong. I refused to hand over my wallet (but only because I was carrying a ridiculous amount of cash at the time... it would have destroyed me to lose it,) and the guy appeared ready to kill me for it. His two buddies saved my life by dragging him off, insisting I wasn't worth becoming a murderer over.

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Re: A Victim Treats His Mugger Right
« Reply #22 on: August 18, 2010, 07:14:20 PM »

YZ wrote on Thu, 19 August 2010 04:26

I find it interesting that some people take a "small story" and start making political, ethnic, ideological and etc generalizations based on a one-time occurrence.

A guy tries to mug me at knife point? I give him my wallet and leave pi**ed off but thankful not to be hurt; a group of people rob my stuff that I left outside and stay there defiantly? I minimize my losses by leaving in silence, and don't waste any of my time trying to find a justification for their act.

Now, in the first case, if I were a skilled social worker with knowledge of the area and the people in it and sensed that there was 'something' in the eyes of my underage mugger I _might_ decide to act differently; in the second case, if I were Chuck Norris I would have shown the thieves that they shouldn't have messed with my stuff.  Smile


[I find it interesting that some people take a "small story" and start making political, ethnic, ideological and etc generalizations based on a one-time occurrence.]

That's the nature of discussion. Someone posts a story inviting comment. Some comments agree with the sentiment of the original poster, some don't. Mostly all points of view are valid perspectives. Some are glib or for the pursuit of humor while others take the original sentiment and elaborate further to illustrate their perspective etc etc.

As for my "mugging" experience, to state i was "happy for them to have my gear" is on one hand an overstatement as i was not happy to lose my gear, I was pissed off, and i knew if i confronted the situation i presumed i would cop a beating.
 I also think their actions were not "justified" by the historical context i referred to. It's a given that people should not mug, steal etc and should be made to accept the consequences of such unlawful behavior. Now here to my mind  is  the hypocrisy becomes self evident when  "we" of anglo european ancestry can make such legal requirements on an individual basis while collectively refusing to face the truth and consequences of how we obtained the land we now live in and prosper from.
It was in this context as i was walking away from the situation that i was happy for them to have my gear.
   With regard to the original story posted,the victims response reminds me of how a proponent of judo uses the momentum of his attacker to his own advantage. On a psychological level this can be a safer way of dealing with the threat of a knife attacking than direct opposition that can escalate a physical conflict.
     

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Re: A Victim Treats His Mugger Right
« Reply #23 on: August 18, 2010, 08:07:07 PM »

Daniel Farris wrote on Wed, 18 August 2010 19:45

The only time I was ever mugged, it was with a gun, brandished but never actually pointed at me. What I saw was a deadly weapon in the hands of someone who didn't have the balls to use it.

Turns out I was wrong. I refused to hand over my wallet (but only because I was carrying a ridiculous amount of cash at the time... it would have destroyed me to lose it,) and the guy appeared ready to kill me for it. His two buddies saved my life by dragging him off, insisting I wasn't worth becoming a murderer over.

DF



you sure got lucky there, and i'm glad you did.

i had a bike stolen at gunpoint. he had it right against my chest. i didn't really believe he'd use it, but i gave him my bike without argument.

in the little town where i grew up, there was a liquor store across the street from my house. the owner was an old (in his 70s) guy named charlie. one day some guy held him up. with a gun pointed right at him, charlie distracted the guy for a split second, then decked him so hard he was knocked out when he hit the floor. crazy, and probably not the wisest move ever, but pretty damn badass nonetheless.
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Re: A Victim Treats His Mugger Right
« Reply #24 on: August 20, 2010, 01:22:50 PM »

it sounds like liberal wishy washy gobbledygook, but some people have never been treated nicely by a stranger, and it will literally change their life.
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Re: A Victim Treats His Mugger Right
« Reply #25 on: August 20, 2010, 04:06:41 PM »

danickstr wrote on Fri, 20 August 2010 10:22

it sounds like liberal wishy washy gobbledygook, but some people have never been treated nicely by a stranger, and it will literally change their life.


Yep, you called it.  The important part of the story is what happens in the diner - the kid witnesses actual repeated positive, friendly interaction and asks if the guy owns the place.  I used to record a whole lot of gangsta rap, and some of those kids just assumed that people treating each other with respect & kindness was basically a myth or a scam.  It was just not the way their world had worked, their entire lives.  Actually, though, they had probably encountered kindness & respect occasionally but had not recognized it as sincere, especially if they had never been treated that way at home.
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Re: A Victim Treats His Mugger Right
« Reply #26 on: August 20, 2010, 06:48:55 PM »

NPR ran that story expecting some people to come to the conclusion that the criminal was indeed the victim.

The headline suggests that the victim finally did the right thing - he treated the mugger RIGHT.  Which implies that previous to the free meal and the $20, the victim must have been treating the mugger wrongly.

If only more of us would treat muggers with the respect they deserve, maybe they'd stop mugging us.  Right?
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Re: A Victim Treats His Mugger Right
« Reply #27 on: August 21, 2010, 11:57:44 AM »


That's what you get for listening to NPR (Non-Pertinent Rhetoric).


NPR trying to transmogrify this singular event to suit an agenda or ideal is no more and no less silly than other media calling out Obama for drinking a "non-American" beer, Bud Light, at the "beer summit" (Budweiser, which was bought just prior by the Belgian company Inbev). Perhaps if he had provided transportation for the two guests in an "American" car (Ford-owned, British-made Jaguar) things would have been considered to be evened out in that regard.


As to the incident itself (and addressing only that), I don't think either the person mugged nor the OP considers this particular occurrence to be a template for future meeting with such circumstances.

It was posted because of the interest created by a common event (in those environs) turning out different than normal. Just another variant of man bites dog story.


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Re: A Victim Treats His Mugger Right
« Reply #28 on: October 04, 2010, 02:02:54 AM »

bblackwood wrote on Tue, 17 August 2010 13:32

arconaut wrote on Tue, 17 August 2010 08:24


He was walking toward the stairs when a teenage boy approached and pulled out a knife...

Never bring a knife to a gun fight.


good luck getting a carry permit in NYC.
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Re: A Victim Treats His Mugger Right
« Reply #29 on: October 04, 2010, 02:38:50 AM »

Daniel Farris wrote on Wed, 18 August 2010 20:45

I refused to hand over my wallet (but only because I was carrying a ridiculous amount of cash at the time...

Do not carry excess cash in your wallet. Put it in an envelope in an inside pocket, strap it around your waist inside your trousers, whatever, but limit your wallet to $100 or so.
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