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2011/02/10 07:03:45
Subject: Polite robbery - surreal
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Longtime Dakkanaut
The ruins of the Palace of Thorns
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2011/02/10 07:16:19
Subject: Polite robbery - surreal
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Gore-Soaked Lunatic Witchhunter
Australia (Recently ravaged by the Hive Fleet Ginger Overlord)
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Unreal. He's breaking the law, that's for sure. And he may not even have kids or these problems, but I do kind of feel sorry for him.
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Smacks wrote:
After the game, pack up all your miniatures, then slap the guy next to you on the ass and say.
"Good game guys, now lets hit the showers" 
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2011/02/10 07:43:35
Subject: Re:Polite robbery - surreal
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Legendary Dogfighter
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With this inconomic crisis its no suprise normal folks have turned to crime.
You can kinda see that the guy doesnt want to rob the station.
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2011/02/10 08:04:24
Subject: Polite robbery - surreal
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Highlord with a Blackstone Fortress
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'Nice' guys finish last. He didn't reach over and check the till. The storekeep got the shallow notes from the left three trays and left the stack of notes in the last tray untouched.
Tactically being polite works in a lot of situations like this, so they victim doesn't panic and cause the perp to fire his gun. Its used a lot, just not this way, the git was giving up rtoo much info, acting normally like that would make him feth easy to recognise, unless the entire thing was an act, and I frankly doubt that.
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n'oublie jamais - It appears I now have to highlight this again.
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2011/02/10 11:29:51
Subject: Polite robbery - surreal
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Gore-Soaked Lunatic Witchhunter
Australia (Recently ravaged by the Hive Fleet Ginger Overlord)
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Orlanth wrote:'Nice' guys finish last. He didn't reach over and check the till. The storekeep got the shallow notes from the left three trays and left the stack of notes in the last tray untouched.
I couldn't tell whether those were notes or if they were receipts and signatures. Different registers are...different.
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Smacks wrote:
After the game, pack up all your miniatures, then slap the guy next to you on the ass and say.
"Good game guys, now lets hit the showers"
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2011/02/10 12:13:24
Subject: Polite robbery - surreal
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Monster-Slaying Daemonhunter
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I'd rather feel sympathetic to the guy who gets in that situation and works hard to get his way out of it. Not the guy who points a gun at an innocent shopkeeper.
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2011/02/10 17:14:15
Subject: Polite robbery - surreal
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Orlanth wrote:'Nice' guys finish last. He didn't reach over and check the till. The storekeep got the shallow notes from the left three trays and left the stack of notes in the last tray untouched.
Tactically being polite works in a lot of situations like this, so they victim doesn't panic and cause the perp to fire his gun. Its used a lot, just not this way, the git was giving up rtoo much info, acting normally like that would make him feth easy to recognise, unless the entire thing was an act, and I frankly doubt that.
Actually, in all the retail I've worked in the US, we normally have always kept the big bills at the left and worked our way down to the ones in the far right. I don't think the guy was fething around. Who'd have thought you'd run into polite robbery in the States though. Seriously, apparently people here are complete donkey-caves EXCEPT when they're ripping each other off. 
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2011/02/11 06:02:15
Subject: Polite robbery - surreal
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Focused Fire Warrior
australia
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2011/02/12 04:37:03
Subject: Polite robbery - surreal
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Shas'o Commanding the Hunter Kadre
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Sooooooo moral of this story is don't have kids?
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2011/02/12 23:19:13
Subject: Polite robbery - surreal
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Posts with Authority
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No, the moral is wear a damn mask.
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2011/02/12 23:35:26
Subject: Polite robbery - surreal
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Fixture of Dakka
On a boat, Trying not to die.
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What a nice man!
I hope he gets a minimum sentence.
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2011/02/13 01:56:47
Subject: Polite robbery - surreal
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Long-Range Land Speeder Pilot
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ummm....is anyone interested by the fact that he had to buy the gun ($400-$1000), wait 3 days, pick up the coffee, and (heres what gets me) he BUYS the coffee! He got less money than he spent.... Bad Form.
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Whoever appeals to the law against his fellow man is either a fool or a coward. Whoever cannot take care of himself without that law is both. For a wounded man shall say to his assailant, "If I Die, You are forgiven. If I Live, I will kill you." Such is the Rule of Honor.
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2011/02/13 02:01:07
Subject: Polite robbery - surreal
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Purchase of the gun vs his age could mean that the gun was in fact a long term investment and could've been purchased a while ago and already made its money back or he could've planned to use it in more robberies.
Also, buying the coffee is largely irrelevant as he'd get the money back from the robbery.
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Mandorallen turned back toward the insolently sneering baron. 'My Lord,' The great knight said distantly, 'I find thy face apelike and thy form misshapen. Thy beard, moreover, is an offence against decency, resembling more closely the scabrous fur which doth decorate the hinder portion of a mongrel dog than a proper adornment for a human face. Is it possibly that thy mother, seized by some wild lechery, did dally at some time past with a randy goat?' - Mimbrate Knight Protector Mandorallen.
Excerpt from "Seeress of Kell", Book Five of The Malloreon series by David Eddings.
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2011/02/13 02:02:49
Subject: Polite robbery - surreal
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Junior Officer with Laspistol
University of St. Andrews
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He could easily have own the gun before the robbery. It's not that uncommon. So, he could have owned the gun a long time before this robbery. That and the coffee is what? A buck? Maybe a buck fifty? He cleaned out the register. I don't think he's at a loss here.
I...still, as bad as I feel for this guy, he did break the law. I hope he gets a minimum sentence. I guess what they say about people refusing to break down to begging is true...
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2011/02/13 02:17:54
Subject: Polite robbery - surreal
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Gore-Soaked Lunatic Witchhunter
Australia (Recently ravaged by the Hive Fleet Ginger Overlord)
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ChrisWWII wrote: I guess what they say about people refusing to break down to begging is true...
Begging is also against the law in quite a few countries, many more countries have laws restricting areas where people can beg. The family went on tour to France and I saw a beggar there in the Underground. She was dragged off by the police, and that scared the gak out of me after watching too many movies with 'Police State' themes.
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Smacks wrote:
After the game, pack up all your miniatures, then slap the guy next to you on the ass and say.
"Good game guys, now lets hit the showers"
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2011/02/13 02:17:54
Subject: Polite robbery - surreal
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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I don't hope he gets minimum. Really, I couldn't care less about the guy; the store owner has bills to pay and probably has children and all that crap.
Everyone has bills to pay and kids to feed and gas to guzzle, most of us are dealing with what we have whilst the rest claim other people's money as their own (that goes for greedy fethers and criminals, oftentimes the two groups are related).
Lock him up for the time his crime warrants, discounting politeness or circumstances; he took a gamble when he did it; either win and keep the cash, or lose, get caught and leave his kids and family behind whilst he's stuck in jail getting felt up in the shower and spending quality time with Bubba and his plethora of STDs.
If you had kids to feed, would you really risk getting a criminal record and going to jail? Make it even harder for you to get a job as if it wasn't hard enough?
I don't care if he was polite about it, he committed a crime and got caught; if only this happened to the people who deserved it more.
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Mandorallen turned back toward the insolently sneering baron. 'My Lord,' The great knight said distantly, 'I find thy face apelike and thy form misshapen. Thy beard, moreover, is an offence against decency, resembling more closely the scabrous fur which doth decorate the hinder portion of a mongrel dog than a proper adornment for a human face. Is it possibly that thy mother, seized by some wild lechery, did dally at some time past with a randy goat?' - Mimbrate Knight Protector Mandorallen.
Excerpt from "Seeress of Kell", Book Five of The Malloreon series by David Eddings.
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"You need not fear us, unless you are a dark heart, a vile one who preys on the innocent; I promise, you can’t hide forever in the empty darkness, for we will hunt you down like the animals you are, and pull you into the very bowels of hell." Iron - Within Temptation |
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2011/02/13 02:19:20
Subject: Polite robbery - surreal
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Gore-Soaked Lunatic Witchhunter
Australia (Recently ravaged by the Hive Fleet Ginger Overlord)
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Avatar 720 wrote:If you had kids to feed, would you really risk getting a criminal record and going to jail? Make it even harder for you to get a job as if it wasn't hard enough?
Surely there's some sort of wellfare support in the US for unsupported children who have parents in Jail?
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Smacks wrote:
After the game, pack up all your miniatures, then slap the guy next to you on the ass and say.
"Good game guys, now lets hit the showers"
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2011/02/13 02:31:31
Subject: Polite robbery - surreal
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Posts with Authority
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Nope, we sell them for medical experiments. Learned it from the Brits.
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2011/02/13 02:40:13
Subject: Polite robbery - surreal
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Junior Officer with Laspistol
University of St. Andrews
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Emperors Faithful wrote:
Begging is also against the law in quite a few countries, many more countries have laws restricting areas where people can beg. The family went on tour to France and I saw a beggar there in the Underground. She was dragged off by the police, and that scared the gak out of me after watching too many movies with 'Police State' themes.
Not in the US, as far as I know, I have never known to see beggars in a public location be removed just because they were beggars. On private property it's a different story, but as far as I know there's no such law banning begging in the US>
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"If everything on Earth were rational, nothing would ever happen."
~Fyodor Dostoevsky
"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity."
~Hanlon's Razor
707th Lubyan Aquila Banner Motor Rifle Regiment (6000 pts)
Battlefleet Tomania (2500 pts)
Visit my nation on Nation States!
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2011/02/13 03:23:18
Subject: Polite robbery - surreal
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Gore-Soaked Lunatic Witchhunter
Australia (Recently ravaged by the Hive Fleet Ginger Overlord)
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ChrisWWII wrote:Not in the US, as far as I know, I have never known to see beggars in a public location be removed just because they were beggars. On private property it's a different story, but as far as I know there's no such law banning begging in the US>
For if they were to ever arise...
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Smacks wrote:
After the game, pack up all your miniatures, then slap the guy next to you on the ass and say.
"Good game guys, now lets hit the showers"
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2011/02/13 03:30:17
Subject: Polite robbery - surreal
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Noble of the Alter Kindred
United Kingdom
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Bromsy wrote:Nope, we sell them for medical experiments. Learned it from the Brits.
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2011/02/13 03:55:07
Subject: Polite robbery - surreal
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Posts with Authority
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The meaning of life
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2011/02/13 04:05:10
Subject: Polite robbery - surreal
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Noble of the Alter Kindred
United Kingdom
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42
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2011/02/13 04:05:39
Subject: Polite robbery - surreal
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Fixture of Dakka
Kamloops, BC
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Chibi Bodge-Battle wrote:42
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2011/02/13 04:06:37
Subject: Polite robbery - surreal
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Noble of the Alter Kindred
United Kingdom
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The meaning of life, the universe and everything
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2011/02/13 04:17:05
Subject: Polite robbery - surreal
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Fixture of Dakka
Kamloops, BC
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Chibi Bodge-Battle wrote:The meaning of life, the universe and everything
Is 42?
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2011/02/13 04:17:46
Subject: Polite robbery - surreal
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Noble of the Alter Kindred
United Kingdom
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2011/02/13 04:28:17
Subject: Polite robbery - surreal
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Fixture of Dakka
Kamloops, BC
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Chibi Bodge-Battle wrote:
I don't remember that from the movie.
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2011/02/13 04:37:52
Subject: Polite robbery - surreal
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Noble of the Alter Kindred
United Kingdom
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Probably because it is in "Life,The Universe and Everything",
the third, but not final, book of the trilogy.
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2011/02/13 04:41:01
Subject: Polite robbery - surreal
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Fixture of Dakka
Kamloops, BC
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Chibi Bodge-Battle wrote:Probably because it is in "Life,The Universe and Everything",
the third, but not final, book of the trilogy.
Oh, thanks for clearing that up.
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