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by **Screaminfu** » Sat Apr 05, 2008 2:24 pm

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/stor ... d=89164759

if you can't access the link due to work filters, it's about a guy who got mugged and what happened (happy ending in my eyes)

i'd have never have seen that coming, but it shows the world has hope yet

by **Rehab** » Sat Apr 05, 2008 2:43 pm

not sure tht would work in nottingham lol

by **Screaminfu** » Sat Apr 05, 2008 2:50 pm

hehe i honestly couldn't see that happening anywhere, but the fact it did happen and worked is what brightened my day

by **Ceryn** » Sat Apr 05, 2008 4:23 pm

Very little would work in nottingham these day... lol

by **brudus_maximus** » Sat Apr 05, 2008 8:50 pm

pulled out a knife.

Thats where things would have been diffrent with me. Gun always beats knife.

by **Nicodar** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 1:27 am

brudus_maximus wrote:
pulled out a knife.

Thats where things would have been diffrent with me. Gun always beats knife.

And a peaceful solution trumps a violent one.

by **Acushla** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 4:47 pm

Never ... underestimate the power of (un)common courtesy *grins*

everyone else saw a kid who was trouble......
he saw a kid 'in' trouble ....
and he treated the kid as a fellow human being not as a criminal

now if he(the kid) had been determined to be violent, the guy would have been out at least his wallet and coat. As it happens he was only out twenty dollars and may very well have changed that kid's life for the better.

Thumbs way up to him

*notes that while she believes in courtesy to 'everyone' she probably would not have had this much courage*

by **Traanse** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 2:58 am

Agreed agreed, Acushla. You stated that much better than I ever could, but it sums up a lot of what I felt about it.

by **fixaboo** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 8:48 am

well now i guess that is diffrent

by **Shigy** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 8:51 am

Guy is braver than I would be but good on him

by **Acushla** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 2:17 am

Showed the linked article to some folks I work with at the local American Red Cross *smiles* they got a huge kick out of the story

by **Talidro** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 2:26 am

Judging by the beating that a high school girl recieved here in Florida recently (at least the story broke recently), the man would have still taken the wallet and been gone, if not done something worse.

I do enjoy reading these positive stories.

by **Stiofain** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 10:14 pm

Nice story, wish that happened more often. I don't think that'd happen around here, muggings are pretty uncommon but they tend to be more violent when they do happen.

Only time anyone ever tried to mug me they got a "You've gotta be kidding me, get outta here kid." and they left, course I had my hand on mine when I said that

I guess being 6'2" and wearing a big black duster with your hand inside it tends to make people think twice about their plans.

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