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LONG ISLAND STORE OWNER GIVES WOULD-BE ROBBER $40, FOOD
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Posted on 06/02/2009 10:13:18 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY
God was with everybody on this one. With the robber, in that he didn’t get shot and killed, and with the storekeeper, who found compassion and understanding in a situation that might have turned out in bloodshed.
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posted on
06/02/2009 10:15:07 AM PDT
by
domenad
(In all things, in all ways, at all times, let honor guide me.)
To: Free ThinkerNY
But once Sohail whipped out his shotgun, the would-be robber immediately dropped to his knees and began begging for forgiveness -- claiming that the bad economy had pushed him to the edge. What pushed him to his knees, was the shotgun.
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posted on
06/02/2009 10:15:50 AM PDT
by
dragnet2
To: Free ThinkerNY
He should be shot on principle, just for trying to rob a store with a Louisville Slugger then at least the human gene pool would benefit.
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posted on
06/02/2009 10:17:31 AM PDT
by
Larry381
("in the final instance civilization is always saved by a platoon of soldiers" Oswald Spengler)
To: domenad
If I were in the store (after the robber fell to his knees sobbing), I would have told him to fill up a basket or cart with food for his family, and I’d pay for it.
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posted on
06/02/2009 10:19:38 AM PDT
by
rintense
(Senior Marketing / IT / UX architect unemployed and looking for work. Freepmail me if you have leads)
To: dragnet2
Bingo.
I'd rather be a hammer than a nail.
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posted on
06/02/2009 10:19:47 AM PDT
by
fleagle
( An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. -Winston Churchill)
To: dragnet2
Or pushed to his knees by a resolve to his fate of death because to go on living was (in his state of mind) much harder than the easy way out. Death by Clerk!
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posted on
06/02/2009 10:20:59 AM PDT
by
BellStar
(John Adams and John Hancock: We Recognize No Sovereign but God, and no King but Jesus! 1775)
To: Free ThinkerNY
The robber was probably also named Mohammed.
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posted on
06/02/2009 10:21:59 AM PDT
by
karnage
To: Free ThinkerNY
The ironic thing is the robber probably could have gone in and asked the man for food for his family and he would have been given it. Plus, he wouldn’t have had to wash out his pants when he got home.
To: Larry381
You said — He should be shot on principle, just for trying to rob a store with a Louisville Slugger then at least the human gene pool would benefit.
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According to God, we should all be killed, on principle, because all of the human race (the Bible says every last single person) is no better than filthy rags..., and every last single person deserves the *death sentence*...
So, that’s sort of like the pot calling the kettle black... :-)
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posted on
06/02/2009 10:23:46 AM PDT
by
Star Traveler
(The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is a Zionist and Jerusalem is the apple of His eye.)
To: dragnet2
Hey robbers! Guaranteed payout at this store, just give your sob story! Thanks to the news for spreading the word!
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posted on
06/02/2009 10:24:52 AM PDT
by
bolobaby
To: dragnet2
What pushed him to his knees, was the shotgun. And what lifted him up again...
To: Free ThinkerNY
Unless it has changed in the past 20 years, I seem to remember Shirley as being a rather trashy place full of Springer show rejects. Not quite Rockaway 116 but still pretty bad in that regard.
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posted on
06/02/2009 10:25:07 AM PDT
by
Clemenza
(Remember our Korean War Veterans)
To: Larry381
He should be shot on principle, just for trying to rob a store with a Louisville Slugger then at least the human gene pool would benefit. You belong on DU, chum.
To: Free ThinkerNY
A Long Island store owner who came face-to-face with a bat-wielding robber whipped out a shotgun in self-defense -- then showed the down-on-his-luck thief the ultimate sign of compassion by handing him $40 and a loaf of bread...
The robber then asked for a pack of smokes and a six-pack of Bud Light, and said he was going to Disney World...
To: fleagle
Without the shotgun the story is as follows:
Man steals a carton of cigarettes and 5 sticks of beef jerky, then beats hard working immigrant to death with baseball bat.
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posted on
06/02/2009 10:27:01 AM PDT
by
dragnet2
To: Free ThinkerNY
What a good man the store owner is!!!
Lord Love him and many blessings be on his head.
A lucky robber met a good man. And human nature shines!
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posted on
06/02/2009 10:28:07 AM PDT
by
netmilsmom
(Psalm 109:8 - Let his days be few; and let another take his office)
To: rintense
Let’s say he clubbed you before he got to the counter. Still gonna buy him some chili dogs and Dr. Pepper?
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posted on
06/02/2009 10:35:01 AM PDT
by
petercooper
(1/20/13 - Change I can believe in.)
To: rintense
I like to think that’s what I would have done too.
But there also would have been a warning from me to never ever again raise a weapon at me or come into my store again - under threat of unspecified extremely painful consequences.
After that, I’d probably have gotten wobbly knees and had to sit down for a while.
To: MplsSteve
I forgot to add that the gun would always be on him, just in case.
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posted on
06/02/2009 10:37:35 AM PDT
by
rintense
(Senior Marketing / IT / UX architect unemployed and looking for work. Freepmail me if you have leads)
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