Would you stop a bike thief?
03-24-2012, 10:48 AM
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03-24-2012, 12:42 PM
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It would depend on what he looked like and if my family was there. If he didn't look armed I would confront him. Otherwise just discreetly call the cops.
I'm not afraid to do the right thing, but I'm not the kind of guy who brings a knife to a gun fight...especially over a bicycle.
But to give all those people some benefit of doubt...the "thief" was so blatant that it created confusion amongst the onlookers.
I'm not afraid to do the right thing, but I'm not the kind of guy who brings a knife to a gun fight...especially over a bicycle.
But to give all those people some benefit of doubt...the "thief" was so blatant that it created confusion amongst the onlookers.
03-24-2012, 04:07 PM
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Yup, doesn't change my answer. I would have stopped the guy if I thought he looked like a harmless kid. Both actors looked pretty harmless...no prison tats, track marks, etc. If he looked armed, I would have made a discrete phone call.
If this was rape as opposed to bicycle theft, I would have communicated immediately with unequivocal violence regardless of what he looked like. Risk/benefit tradeoff.
The last guy was so incensed I suspect he would have stopped the white guy too.
03-24-2012, 06:45 PM
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I wouldn't have said anything because I would have assumed it was the owner trying to get his bike. A real thief would have been smart enough to knock the pole over or lift the bike over the sign. ;-)
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