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DEL.ICIO.USTake your mugger to dinner?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
NPR reports that 31-year-old New York social worker Julio Diaz, mugged at knifepoint, felt sorry for the robber and offered him his coat, then took him to dinner. After the meal, Diaz told the mugger he would need his wallet back to pay the check. The robber gave the wallet back and Diaz in turn let him keep $20, in exchange for turning over the knife.
“I figure, you know, if you treat people right, you can only hope that they treat you right. It’s as simple as it gets in this complicated world,” said Diaz.
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By Gandalf, the Grey
March 31, 2008 8:59 AM | Link to this
What an idiot!
By Najeh Davenpoop
March 31, 2008 9:28 AM | Link to this
Well, dude did get his wallet back… must have been a pretty sorry stick up man.
By amc
March 31, 2008 3:52 PM | Link to this
A key fact that was left out of this summation of the NPR story was that the mugger was a “young teenager.” There was no indication that Diaz would have treated an apparently hardened criminal the same way. It was a terrific little Story Corps story, told here minus that key fact.
By Christian
March 31, 2008 4:50 PM | Link to this
Luke 6:29: “Whoever hits you on the cheek, offer him the other also; and whoever takes away your coat, do not withhold your shirt from him either.