The great lemonade stand robbery of '08

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Originally Posted by JMS

As a father I can understand how you guys feel, but I look at it in a slightly different way! This girl showed an incredible amount of chutspa, She showed courage, she showed strength of character! Hell, no ones going to push her around! She just needs a little tempering, thats all! Imagine the lack of crime in the world if we all did not let ourselves be trampled on!

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I admire her fortitude and courage. very few would have done so.
But in some cases -and this is one- it can be very dangerous to do and as a parent I would not like it.
Because real life is usually not like the movies :)

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Originally Posted by Bruno

I admire her fortitude and courage. very few would have done so.
But in some cases -and this is one- it can be very dangerous to do and as a parent I would not like it.
Because real life is usually not like the movies :)

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I hate to break it to you Bruno, but I suspect your oldest is going to have the same qualities as the 12 year old in the story!:)

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Originally Posted by JMS

I hate to break it to you Bruno, but I suspect your oldest is going to have the same qualities as the 12 year old in the story!:)

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:cry:

Actually, as soon as I read the story, I thought the same thing.
My youngest is someone who observes people and thinks before she does.
My oldest is like me. She does before she thinks.
And she is also a natural 'leader of the pack' which is a trait she got from my wife.

I can easily see her running after he thief with a ladle, yelling 'Give me my mony back, you twerp, or I will kick your ass.' :rant:

:roflmao

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Originally Posted by jockeys

+1. if it was my 17.50 i sure as hell would not have chased someone down. if you're going to provoke a confrontation, save it for something that matters. small amounts of cash are not one of those things.

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Despite my earlier post about the ill advised nature of the little girl pursuing the guy, I do admire her courage, I think it could have been exercised more wisely though.

Now had it been me, there would have been no pursuit. I would have just called the cops:w "yes, officer, thats right, he was robbing me and I feared for my life, I thought he was armed.......":w