If you are genuinely applauding kidnapping, armed robbery, extortion and murder and you can’t see what is wrong with this then you are a moron of the highest order and I sincerely hope the sentiments in this thread come back to bite a few people.

Calstorm,

I may not have the means to help that particular child or other children far from where I live

Yes you do, at the very least you could give the money it costs you to access the internet to charity; that alone could save a life.

But I think the point is if someone is less well off than you, and they do exist, was to rob you at gun point would you be on here praising their actions? Would you f***!

Originally posted by Topsy_Cret
However, it is not like this guy is stealing from lots of people just to become rich himself.

Then, he'd take that bling, keep a small percentage of it for himself, and distribute the rest of his newly-acquired wealth to impoverished farmers of the tiny rural province in which he grew up.

Guess you missed that part!!! Given the "unbiased" nature of this article, I am sure that small percentage is indeed very small.......

Come on!! What we have here is a criminal smart enough to understand that if he is going to do stuff like this it comes in handy if you have a majority standing behind you and cheering you on.....

I swear this world is in desperate need of heroes!! Granted, had we've had villains running around like Dr.Evil, King Pin and The Penguin, than yes, we would not have a discussion about wrong vs. right.........it's just that real life isn't that simple.

Peace

Originally posted by Komodo

Woops.....you were not talking to me. Sorry 'bout that.

Peace

edit on 28-1-2011 by operation mindcrime because: mistake

ohh.. and would be better to stone/kill a woman for adultery (though nothing is mention about the man being stoned to death also) or let her go free and forgive her?

Exactally~!! Same thing here, IMO. He's NOT murdering anyone, or harming them in any way IMO, according to the article. So, should we allow anyone to just start holding CEO/bigwigs hostage and go on a CEO hunt?? NEVER~! I believe he was trying to make a point, and if it's not obvious to all, then you should go back and re-read the article till you do.

So, here we have a unique situation, I can almost here it in court Judge Judy.....

Judge asking the hostages(plaintiffs) "so he didn't harm you in any way and actually treated you with complete respect, well fed and allowed to sleep and wake normally, and the only thing he wanted was your money to feed your neighbors which were the poor people that put food on your table?"

Hostages "*crickets*................................yes.........."

Judge; "So, you were aware of the poor farmer neighbors barely making it by to feed themselves and you as well, but didn't think to stop and ask if you could help in anyway.......and you .......drove by ....how many times??? "

Hostages ".....................................to many to count? "

Judge "and all he wanted was your money, how much do you make in a year?

Hostages "500,000...................................

Judge "........in US dollars I presume....."

Hostages "...............................yes... "

Judge to VP & friends "and you did this to feed the poor?"

VP "yep.......sure did":

Judge "why ?? !"

VP.."because no one else will?? "

Judge to plaintiffs... "So, the damages encured to you would be such that you wouldn't be able to make any household bills, and your standard of normal living would dimish to a point where you would be kicked out of your house and essintally put out on the street?? or would the insurace company re-imburse you.. ?"

plaintiffs..."............it would be the 2nd option your honor.....we'd be embursed for the full amount"

Judge to VP..."so why did you escape the prison even though it was wrong"

VP to Judge..."hmmm..because i just couldn't allow myself to live like the farmers were, living in a prison as well and they kept telling me they'd always like to 'escape' .......

Judge to plaintiffs "how do you feel about this, knowing your fellow countrymen are living day to day on the animals and soil as well as trying to make a living to put food on your table as well, and you pass by watching them ride a horse to town because they don't have the $$$$ to pay for the gas to get to town as you pass by them?"

plaintiffs." ............sad..........your honor"

Judge to plaintiffs "...........I would hope so,"

Judge to VP...."you broke the law, but, I see no harm as been done to any of the parties, except for the insurance companies, and thus, you'll will go on probation for 2 years, if in that time, you should ever do this again, you will recive maxium sentence, of 10years."

Judge to plaintiffs " since you are reimbursed for the damages, I would only hope that you take a look around you alot more and take the inititive to stop and ASK your hard working neighbors if they need a hand up"

plaintiffs to Judge "so we should just throw our hard earned earnings we have saved to all of our neighbors? Great~! Then EVERYONE will be expecting a handout........"

Judge to plaintiffs "well..........don't you expect them to work just as hard to put food on your table and everyone elses ?? How about this..........how about we start putting the names of the farmers on the food/milk we buy and then put your group of donors of financal assistance next to them and give both of you rewards for assisting each other by some sort of city reward like send you both on a 3 day cruise of your choice of something? See that way, everyone rewards everyone......it's a win/win"


Judge.."BAM*....case dismissed"

Originally posted by Komodo

I am still searching for the /sarcasm tag, I believe you forgot to add it!! If this post was sincere than it came across as either really naive or really insane........

I believe he was trying to make a point, and if it's not obvious to all, then you should go back and re-read the article till you do.

I did.......5 times....here's what I see....

Vassilis' story starts back in the early 90s, when he went on an insane crime spree of delicious armed robbery, blackmail, extortion, and kidnapping.

Then, he'd take that bling, keep a small percentage of it for himself, and distribute the rest of his newly-acquired wealth to impoverished farmers of the tiny rural province in which he grew up.

steal from the rich, give to the poor, make a profit in the process

He was trying to make a point??? I believe he was not trying make a point, he was trying to make a profit!!

On top of that, it wasn't even divided evenly among the poor, no sir, he chooses who gets to share in the profit...

the tiny rural province in which he grew up

Now how big is the chance that most of the people he helped out were personal friends??

(Hey, if we are gonna speculate, I want to join in.)

To the rest of your post I just have to say...

Wow......

Peace

(still looking for that /sarcasm, please tell me you forgot to add it)

Originally posted by Ghandi
Man is a hero.

So if you were robbed by someone less well off than you would you call that person a hero too?

Originally posted by hawkiye
LOL Awesome story. Right out of the movies... I wonder what would happen if they refused to pay the ransoms he asked for, if he would remain non-violent towards the victiim?

Yes, I think he would remain nonviolent and that seems to be his character. All he has to do is tell the hostage he won't be released, until the ransom is paid. Easy

Ghandi[,

One more example and I'll be out of your hair......

Say, a Mexican outlaw crosses the border into the US and starts robbing banks and taking rich people hostage with the motivation to redistribute the money among poor Mexican farmers..........As a matter of fact, let's get a 100 or a 1000 outlaws to do this.

Cool??...............Didn't think so.

Peace