Thread: The great lemonade stand robbery of '08

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!

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

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

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!

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!

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.'

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.

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 "yes, officer, thats right, he was robbing me and I feared for my life, I thought he was armed......."