Grrr... or the loss of innocence in Urban America

[snoopy369]

Originally posted by DanS
You're braver than I am snoopy. A guy stuck something in my back and said he had a gun. I didn't laugh. I gave him what I had on me as mug money -- $10. Didn't get hurt, though.

Eh, it wasn't bravery ... I could feel the finger (soft, squishy) and thought he was joking...

[Asher]

Clearly these kids were just acting out of frustration for not being allowed to vote.

[Timexwatch]

Clearly it was "The Man" who is holding them down.

[ajbera]

Small consolation, but the little pricks will most likely wind up going to prison for some other crime.

Glad to hear you're okay.

[C0ckney]

Originally posted by Az
I have beaten small children who threw rocks at my car after I specifically warned them not to...

brilliant.

[Az]

Would you have done the same if you had expected those children to have guns, and to be willing to go GTA at you?

As I've said, I don't know, because it's a complete hypothetical for me. Still, I know that in such a situation, I would do something about it. Maybe not that time, but I would go through that neighborhood the same street the next time - and I'll have company with me. You should never let the *******s win. You should NEVER turn the other cheek.

brilliant.

They were just little kids (~11) so I knew how little kids are. After the threw a couple of rocks at my car the first time, I caught them ( they were two brothers), and said that I will beat them if they do it again.

They should've listened. I didn't beat them hard, or anything. But I made them cry. Seems like a ****ty thing to do, but in modern life one is powerless against this, except for my reply. What was I going to do? Toss them into my car, and drive them to the police, to be accused of kidnapping? Call the police and ask for help?
Talk to their parents?

[Sikander]

Az, try beating the parents next time.

[Az]

Az, try beating the parents next time.

they weren't around.

[C0ckney]

i just love the mental image of a giant az bearing down on these two little kids, they must have been ****ing themselves!

[Az]

It is funny, but you reminded me of one of these guys me and my friends had a fight with - young arab hick scum, aged 17-19. He was standing with this cafe chair, while I was shouting "bring it on, mother****er, if you want to die".

He ran.

[VetLegion]

Originally posted by Az
It is funny, but you reminded me of one of these guys me and my friends had a fight with - young arab hick scum, aged 17-19. He was standing with this cafe chair, while I was sitting in my Merkava III shouting "bring it on, mother****er, if you want to die".

He ran.

I would too

[lord of the mark]

sorry to hear about this snoop.

Which line is the red line? The Dan Ryan one, or the El?

When I lived in Hyde Park, i took the 55th st bus from each, at least once, but only in daytime, I was chicken to be on the far side of Cottage Grove alone at night.

I walked from the 63rd St el, but also only in daytime. If i was going to or from downtown at night, by transit, i used the express bus or the IC commuter train.

I went with a group of friends to checkerboard lounge, but even though some of them had cars, we went by cab, cause they didnt want to park in the area.

[Arrian]

Doh. Sorry to hear it, snoopy.

-Arrian