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Kold Ex Member	What would you do? Aug 9^th, 2005 at 8:07am If you saw a person running down the street with a loaf of bread and some one else running after them screaming"stop that theif" and you had your sling or some other weapon ready to use at that moment, would you, not knowing that persons reasoning, stop them?
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Naiyor Descens Offline My sling-a-ling, My sling-a-ling, I want you to.. Posts: 137 Canada Gender:	Re: What would you do? Reply #1 - Aug 9^th, 2005 at 8:44am sling a salt flour glande at him and enjoy the irony...actually I 'm not sure what I would do
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Reply #2 - Aug 9^th, 2005 at 9:56am

I once saw a similar incident.........
It was at school and a student was screaming "Thief!" at another. A teacher ran and caught the kid to find out that they were filming for their drama class.......

No, I don't think I'd use my sling unless I know what's going on for sure. Besides, I am not accurate enough to do anything with it anyway. I might end up hitting the wrong guy! Grin

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Reply #3 - Aug 9^th, 2005 at 10:30am

i would not use my sling, could kill the guy, and that would be no good for you. If i was close and he was a little guy i might try to get ahold of him but more then likely i would not even bother. If he is carrying something like bread anything i do will smash the bread making it so the guy cant sell it anyway.

Now this is with a normal guy, if it was a kid who was just taking becase he can i would stop him at any cost. I dont have a problem with people taking stuff as long as they need it. Like food or something but taking when you dont need is something else.

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Matt_C Funditor Offline Cruachan!!! Posts: 736 Cheshire, England Gender:	Re: What would you do? Reply #4 - Aug 9^th, 2005 at 11:47am Not really my place to get involved, it is just not that much of a loss. A loaf of bread? Pfft. Now if someone just ran into a music store and stole an expensive guitar on a rack, I'd run after them, but only because I am friends with the store owner.
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Zorrro Funditor Offline Yeah, i guess most of us love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 530 Granada (Spain) Gender:	Re: What would you do? Reply #5 - Aug 10^th, 2005 at 12:44pm sling is a serious weapon... better live and let live wether if it's a bread loaf or a million $ diamond... i'd better let the cops earn their pay
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Douglas_The_Black Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Hakkaa päälle! Posts: 3491 Salineville Ohio Gender:	Re: What would you do? Reply #6 - Aug 10^th, 2005 at 1:51pm and think...Ya i was trying to be a good guy and stop the mugger with my sling. but i missed and hit the 3,000$ window he was running infront of..any one care to give me a loan?
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Reply #7 - Aug 12^th, 2005 at 7:06am

Now if someone was physically attacking another person, that's a different story altogether.
I was reading that the reason most people can't harm monsters in nightmares is because of social-programming to see violence as totally wrong.
I guess this same thing stops most people from actually helping others when witnessing them being physically assaulted in any way.

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Reply #8 - Aug 27^th, 2005 at 9:57am

for a 20 p loaf of bread ? Get real :-)
Now if they were carrying somebody elses handbag (pocket book for you yanks) then yeah sure I'd stop them. But with a sling ? on a street ?
1) where am I getting my stones from ? (I do always carry a sling so that's not a problem but I don't have any ammo)
2) why do I want to kill this person ???
3) what's wrong with sticking your foot out and tripping them up ?
4) by the time I've got my sling out, found some ammo and fired they'll be out of effective accurate range and I'll probably take out a car or bus windscreen, cause it to crash and kill/injure lots of people.

The moral of this tale is very simple.
Do Not Use Slings in built up areas :-)

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Smudge Senior Member Offline Sticks and stones WILL brake your bones. Posts: 334 everywhere Gender:	Re: What would you do? Reply #9 - Aug 29^th, 2005 at 12:09am I would use my gridiron football training and take that sucker out .
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Eudave Tiro Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 36	Re: What would you do? Reply #10 - Jun 30^th, 2019 at 3:52pm I am Fourteen years out of date but remember , that person needing a loaf of bread may be you and your children the next time around
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Morphy Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Checkmate Posts: 4673	Re: What would you do? Reply #11 - Jun 30^th, 2019 at 4:50pm Kind of makes me that wonder if anyone would consider slinging at a guy for stealing a loaf of bread? That better be some GOOD bread. haha... Answer is no. Just..no.
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Re: What would you do?
Reply #12 - Jul 1^st, 2019 at 4:36pm

No, I wouldn't. Someone desperate enough to steal a loaf of bread must REALLY need it. I'd probably trip the guy doing the chasing.
Now if it was a slightly different scenario like a purse snatcher running off with a woman's handbag I might take a shot at him. Then I'd quickly disappear because here in America no good deed goes unpunished.

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JudoP Senior Member Offline Rocks away! Posts: 329 UK - South West	Re: What would you do? Reply #13 - Jul 1^st, 2019 at 5:20pm I'd sling aiming to hit the bread out of the thieves hands- miss horribly, crack a windshield somewhere and cause a 12 car collision.
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walter Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 2025	Re: What would you do? Reply #14 - Jul 1^st, 2019 at 6:03pm because here in America no good deed goes unpunished. LOL ain't it the truth!
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