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> what's the reward? Living life as something other than a coward.
by dmm 17y ago
> what's the reward?
Living life as something other than a coward.
- daleharvey 17y agowhile I dont know what I would do in this situation, I know I wouldnt ever call someone who handed money over to someone who threatened them with a knife a "coward"
- dmm 17y agoI agree with you. I'm not calling anyone a coward, but I would certainly feel like one after being robbed. It's a very intrusive, violating event.
- coryl 17y agoSo handing your money over to an aggravated knife wielding robber, shouting at you in Portugese, makes you a coward. Bravo.
- Enra2 17y agoThe machismo from behind the keyboard is priceless.
- JoeAltmaier 17y agoThere's more here than the calculus of survival. Consider your right to life and liberty. To surrender that is to become a victim. Some would honestly rather risk it than enter into that class. Its a personal choice. Americans used to be famous for their backbone. This thread leaves me wondering.
- mos1 17y agoI was robbed at knifepoint many years ago. I gave up my wallet willingly. I did so because I cared far more about being present for my wife and children than I cared about the fact that some assholes would enjoy the contents of my wallet. At the time I was practicing both boxing and karate on a daily basis, so I probably had decent odds in a fight... but why bother? I can get another wallet and some more cash. I can't get my daughter a new dad. If this makes you think I have no backbone... well I suppose we simply have different principles.
- coryl 17y agoCrime problems are mostly social/economic. Regular people shouldn't have to fight robbers. Thats what police are for. Responding to being robbed isn't an exercise in patriotism.
- dgordon 17y agoActually, police have no duty to protect individuals. The Supreme Court and lower courts have ruled this repeatedly.
- Hexstream 17y agoYou mean movies have lied to me? :(
- philwelch 17y agoPolice are for cleaning up crime scenes after the fact and trying to catch the people responsible. There's almost nothing they can do before a crime is committed. Even if a crime is in progress, they're more interested in protecting their own skin than in protecting yours. (Ever notice that a dead cop is a tragedy and a dead civilian is just another day at work?) I've known people who were attacked around the corner from a police van and the police did nothing, if they even bothered to notice at all.
- pw0ncakes 17y agoI don't know how well this works, but this is how I was told to deal with robbery. If you have anything substantial to lose, carry two wallets, one in an unconventional place. Put about $100 (with a few ones, so it seems like a real wallet) and some expired or fake credit cards in one as a dummy wallet. Most robbers just want to get some quick cash, usually for drugs. So they get what they want and slink away, and you only lose $100. If you're traveling in dangerous parts of the world, the police are usually corrupt and you expect such random losses in the form of shakedowns/bribes.
- GFischer 17y agoIn my family it's common to carry a wallet, and then a hanging pouch with your valuables (serious money and stuff you don't need everyday, though I don't keep my passport there) when traveling. So even if you're robbed, you have something left (not as good as your advice, but it sounds like it works).