XPost: alt.society.liberalism, alt.atheism, talk.politics.guns   
   From: nobody@nowhere.invalid   
      
   On Tue, 21 May 2013 00:41:28 -0400, Scout wrote:   
      
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   > "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:   
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   >>>>>   
   >>>>> "%"  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.   
   >   
   > You seem to be under the impression that this bike was bought by the   
   > government.   
      
   So, helping people out is OK, as long as it isn't done in a systematic,   
   organized way?  Got it.   
      
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