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   From: me4guns@verizon.removeme.this2.nospam.net   
      
   "MarkA"  wrote in message   
   news:pan.2013.05.21.11.53.59.806902@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:   
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   >>>>>>>>> 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.   
   >   
   > So, helping people out is OK, as long as it isn't done in a systematic,   
   > organized way?  Got it.   
      
   So you think I have a problem with charity organizations?   
      
   You still can't quite grasp the difference even when given a clue.....   
      
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