XPost: alt.society.liberalism, alt.atheism, talk.politics.guns   
   From: someone@somewhere.invalid   
      
   On Mon, 20 May 2013 23:22:35 -0400, Scout wrote:   
      
   >   
   >   
   > "Tom McDonald"  wrote in message   
   > news:saBmt.4804$OS5.463@newsfe24.iad...   
   >> On 5/20/2013 9:14 PM, Scout wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> "%"  wrote in message   
   >>> news:waSdncO5NsPgUQfMnZ2dnUVZ_rudnZ2d@giganews.com...   
   >>>> RD Sandman wrote:   
   >>>>> "%"  wrote in   
   >>>>> news:1fSdne5jnr8BWAfMnZ2dnUVZ_qadnZ2d@giganews.com:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> RD Sandman wrote:   
   >>>>>>> When Phoenix police officer Natalie Simonick saw 18 year old   
   >>>>>>> Christian Felix out after dark in March, she suspected he was   
   >>>>>>> violating curfew. But Felix told her he was walking six miles home   
   >>>>>>> from his job at McDonalds, as he had missed the bus and didn't own   
   >>>>>>> a bicycle. Simonick was so impressed with the teen's work ethic   
   >>>>>>> that she decided to buy him a bicycle.  Her squad members taught   
   >>>>>>> him to ride it, and traffic cops even donated a helmet.  Felix said   
   >>>>>>> the officers' kindness was a welcome surprise.  "These days, you   
   >>>>>>> don't see anything like that." He said.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> The Week, May 24, 2012, p 2.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> he was 18 years old and didn't know how to ride a bike   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Perhaps he had never had one.  Perhaps his parent could never afford   
   >>>>> one.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> perhaps he's 18 and old enough to have a car and he works   
   >>>   
   >>> But that doesn't mean he can afford a car, or perhaps he's SAVING his   
   >>> money until he can pay cash and not waste money on interest, or maybe   
   >>> he's saving up for something else entirely like say a college education.   
   >>>   
   >> Or perhaps he is working to support his parents and siblings. We just   
   >> don't know.   
   >>   
   >> What we do know is that what appears to be a good kid was done a good deed   
   >> by some cops who give the profession a good name. I'm happy with that.   
   >   
   > I think we can all agree on that one.   
      
   When did you start sounding like a bleeding-heart liberal?  Geez, next   
   you'll be wanting to government to provide low-cost housing and student   
   loans.   
      
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