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PostPosted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 8:50 pm    Post subject: 72 year old former boxer takes out armed attacker Reply with quote

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1196479/Pictured-The-battered-bruised-face-burglar-got-wrong-72-year-old-boxer.html

This story made me all sorts of happy....don't mess with old people!
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 10:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Oh man that's great stuff! I couldn't help but visibly smile after reading that.

Glad to hear this ended so justly.
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 10:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I agree. Its great to see that man's Boxing skills have stuck with him through the years. Its good to see justice here, too.
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 10:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That is AWESOME!
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 10:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Definitely a cool story.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 3:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think it's great that they dug up before pictures of the guy on facebook.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 7:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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That old guy is awesome.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 8:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

This reminds us all...one can't judge a book by its cover!


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PostPosted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 10:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Good story, thanks for sharing. I'm glad the man was able to defend himself.

isshinryu5toforever wrote:
I think it's great that they dug up before pictures of the guy on facebook.

Actually, this left a bad taste in my mouth. The Daily Mail has a good fair use argument, I'm sure, to take images that they wouldn't otherwise have rights to (that aren't copyright to Facebook, as they indicated, but to the man or the photographer). But, their intent in doing so was to cast the man in a bad light or make fun of the man, which isn't good journalism and the story alone should have been enough to stand on it's merits. Then again, I am not 100% familiar with the type of publication the Daily Mail is.

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