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Old 11-12-2009, 08:03   #1
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The perverse 'code of honor' among thieves in America today - - I heard this on NPR yesterday while on my way to speak at a Middle School about Veterans Day.

And so it goes...

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Muggers See Military ID, Return Wallet
NPR, 11 Nov 2009

Four men stopped a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee student at gunpoint Tuesday and grabbed his wallet. When one of them took a moment to look through the wallet, he found a military ID. The student was an Army reservist. The muggers apologized, and thanked the reservist for his service. They returned the wallet and gave the man a fist bump.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...ryId=120300346
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Old 11-12-2009, 08:14   #2
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it's sad to say....but one of the muggers was probably a vet.
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Old 11-12-2009, 08:28   #3
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it's sad to say....but one of the muggers was probably a vet.
Based on the information provided in the NPR report, I am amazed at the thought of the astonishing bit of reasoning it must have taken to come to such a conclusion.

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Old 11-12-2009, 08:36   #4
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Irony.....just unusual to see thieves with a somewhat social conscious and respect for vets.
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