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   From: me4guns@verizon.removeme.this2.nospam.net   
      
   "MarkA"  wrote in message   
   news:pan.2013.05.21.03.48.48.57386@somewhere.invalid...   
   > On Mon, 20 May 2013 23:22:35 -0400, Scout wrote:   
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   >>   
   >> "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.   
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   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> he was 18 years old and didn't know how to ride a bike   
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   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> 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.   
      
   You seem to be under the impression that this bike was bought by the   
   government.   
      
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