NationStates Jolt Archive

It seems as if senior citizens have been fighting back succesfully,in recent stories.

Recently,we had a 70 yr old Marine on vacation in Costa Rica choke and armed robber to death.
Another post today shows a 71 yr old shooting armed convenient store robber to death and now thisone:

http://news.aol.com/story/_a/ex-marine-teaches-pickpocket-a-lesson/20070627100009990001

I havent located the video they showed on the news yet, but this old guy pummeled the low-life.

Maybe the predatory opportunists out there will re-evaluate their intended victims.

Over zealous thieves... You'd think they'd stick to mugging little old ladies.

Hey there, I think Jules Verne beat you to this post by a day or two, and it is still on the front page with an even more obvious title than this thread has.

Hey there, I think Jules Verne beat you to this post by a day or two, and it is still on the front page with an even more obvious title than this thread has.

so go post in that one if you like it better.

I will stay here.

Apparently old marines are dangerous and should need special licenses to go places.

I will stay here.

Apparently old marines are dangerous when attacked and should need special licenses to go places.

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I am a big fat stupid head.
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Doing that is stupid. I did not say what you put in my quote. If I, or anyone else, said something in their quote you disagree with, address it in your post, do not change their quote. This goes for you and anyone else.

Fixed.

Doing that is stupid. I did not say what you put in my quote. If I, or anyone else, said something in their quote you disagree with, address it in your post, do not change their quote. This goes for you and anyone else.

By changing your post (which I acknowledged) I point out my argument. Totally different from an ad hominum

I will stay here.

Apparently old marines are dangerous and should need special licenses to go places.

better yet, maybe old marines should be posted in convenient stores to help protect the rest of you.

The ones we have seen in this thread and others are still serving their fellow man.

By changing your post (which I acknowledged) I point out my argument. Totally different from an ad hominum
That isn't the point. Changing my post does not "point out your argument" because you didn't make one. You just changed my quote to something I did not say. I said what I said as I meant to say it. If you want to fuck up people's quotes, become a journalist, otherwise, make your own argument and address what you disagree with.

That isn't the point. Changing my post does not "point out your argument" because you didn't make one. You just changed my quote to something I did not say. I said what I said as I meant to say it. If you want to fuck up people's quotes, become a journalist, otherwise, make your own argument and address what you disagree with.

My point, which you are still pointedly ignoring, is that it is a false simplification to say that old marines are dangerous as that doesn't make the clarification that they are dangerous in certain situations. There is the point spelt out to you. Address it if you want

hurrah for beating the shit out of a guy and having the store manager intervene so you don't kill him for no apparent reason...

and I foresee the ultimate showdown as a retired cop goes into mortal combat with a retired mobster, the elderly are out for blood dammit! :eek:

hurrah for beating the shit out of a guy and having the store manager intervene so you don't kill him for no apparent reason...

and I foresee the ultimate showdown as a retired cop goes into mortal combat with a retired mobster, the elderly are out for blood dammit! :eek:

The bold is debatable

My point, which you are still pointedly ignoring, is that it is a false simplification to say that old marines are dangerous as that doesn't make the clarification that they are dangerous in certain situations. There is the point spelt out to you. Address it if you want

Its likely he is more concerned with the amount of cash the would-be-victim had on him, as if that played some part in why a scum-bag tried to take advantage of his age.

The bold is debatable

what was the pickpocket ex-spetsnaz or something? its not very hard to just pin the guy instead of punching him over and over...

My point, which you are still pointedly ignoring, is that it is a false simplification to say that old marines are dangerous as that doesn't make the clarification that they are dangerous in certain situations. There is the point spelt out to you. Address it if you want
Some one doesn't recognize sarcasm.

what was the pickpocket ex-spetsnaz or something? its not very hard to just pin the guy instead of punching him over and over...

No apparent reason is a subjective thing to determine is what I mean

Some one doesn't recognize sarcasm.

So you agree with me then. Fine

So you agree with me then. Fine

No I don't agree with you. I said it was sarcasm.
Sarcasm != agreeing with you.

what was the pickpocket ex-spetsnaz or something? its not very hard to just pin the guy instead of punching him over and over...

The torrential flood of misplaced sympathy for thieves and robbers that has inundated NSG recently would make me bust a gut laughing if it wasn't so pathetic :rolleyes:

The torrential flood of misplaced sympathy for thieves and robbers that has inundated NSG recently would make me bust a gut laughing if it wasn't so pathetic :rolleyes:

yeah lives aren't worth a few dollars! hell lets go break some kids legs maybe that will teach em not to steal cookies! :rolleyes:

what was the pickpocket ex-spetsnaz or something? its not very hard to just pin the guy instead of punching him over and over...

its a little easier to speculate after the fact.

here we go:

http://video.msn.com/v/us/v.htm?g=209cb963-83cd-4d45-8b4e-9c78fea1725d&t=m10&f=06/64&p=hotvideo_m_edpicks&fg=&GT1=10150


the would be thief didnt know enough to let go and run.

Over zealous thieves... You'd think they'd stick to mugging little old ladies.

Probably not a good move, a lot of little old ladies are pretty feisty these days, and armed (I personally, like my knife, it doesn't have a long blade, but it's long enough and but I keep it sharp).

You know, if everyone approached punks in this manner, the supply of punks would dry up pretty quickly.

Fixed because I cannot see the subtle humor and also don't know that there's a link to the original post.

Seriously, TPH... I'm trying to help you out here.
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@ OP: Old news and there's already a thread

Seriously, TPH... I'm trying to help you out here.

I am also a big fat stupid head.
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No, you also fail.

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Doing that is stupid. I did not say what you put in my quote. If I, or anyone else, said something in their quote you disagree with, address it in your post, do not change their quote. This goes for you and anyone else.

That was completely uncalled for. Dundee was pointing out what he believed to be a flaw in your statement. You, on the other hand, were just being a jackass and using argumentum ad hominem.

The torrential flood of misplaced sympathy for thieves and robbers that has inundated NSG recently would make me bust a gut laughing if it wasn't so pathetic :rolleyes:

Even jesus had sympathy for crooks and criminals.

Something, I'm not sure what, tells me he isn't pathetic.

Probably not a good move, a lot of little old ladies are pretty feisty these days, and armed (I personally, like my knife, it doesn't have a long blade, but it's long enough and but I keep it sharp).

Precisely. No one ever suspects the little old lady. Bwahahahaha!

Even jesus had sympathy for crooks and criminals.

Something, I'm not sure what, tells me he isn't pathetic.

If he existed ;)

Even jesus had sympathy for crooks and criminals.

Something, I'm not sure what, tells me he isn't pathetic.
Ooh, ooh, let me try.

Stalin sent crooks and criminals away to the gulags for petty crimes.
Do you want to be like Stalin?

Ooh, ooh, let me try.

Stalin sent crooks and criminals away to the gulags for petty crimes.
Do you want to be like Stalin?

Mitty isn't too far off.

Even jesus had sympathy for crooks and criminals.

Something, I'm not sure what, tells me he isn't pathetic.

Well- I'm not suggesting the criminal here be drawn and quartered or sent to a concentration camp.

I see some justice in him taking a totally unexpected beating, having his crime stopped dead in its tracks, the huniliation of having what he thought was an easy prospect turn out so badly for him, on video.

Now he can face the normal criminal justice system. Normally,if he were simply IDd and caught, he'd get very light sentencing.

I'd like to think this guy is smart enough to have learned his lesson.

What can I say, more and more people are taking their vitamins. Criminals beware. :cool:

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Now he can face the normal criminal justice system. Normally,if he were simply IDd and caught, he'd get very light sentencing.
So what is an acceptable sentence for pick-pocketing? 10 minutes in a UFC or boxing ring?

So what is an acceptable sentence for pick-pocketing? 10 minutes in a UFC or boxing ring?

6 months probation + restitution seems reasonable for pickpocketing.

So what is an acceptable sentence for pick-pocketing? 10 minutes in a UFC or boxing ring?

Are they going to be 70 year olds in the ring? I think without them having the element of surprise I could take 'em.

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And now karma is gonna get me beaten up by an elderly gent :(

So what is an acceptable sentence for pick-pocketing? 10 minutes in a UFC or boxing ring?

I dont know what the sentence for that crime is.


Maybe they could get a still from the video,clear enough to show the elderly man's fist connecting with the criminal's face and put it on a billboard,the way they sometimes do with Driver's license pictures of men that sollicit prostitutes and get caught.