▲ -73 ▼ An American in Paris (lemmy.blahaj.zone) submitted 4 weeks ago by VoteNixon2016@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world 20 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 42 points 4 weeks ago (1 child) I never heard anyone say you can't stop a pickpocket. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 21 points 4 weeks ago (1 child) Iirc the article to which this is loosely referring was about how pickpockets were taken aback when American tourists during the Olympics would physically accost them after they pickpocketed said tourists and didn’t escape quickly enough. Which, you know… yeah? That’s a “professional hazard” of being a pickpocket. This should not surprise them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] timestatic@feddit.org 7 points 4 weeks ago I don't think these pickpockets honestly got many sympathies, even from europeans. I think there was allegedly some report were to police pleaded with american tourists not to beat up pickpockets too badly. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 21 points 4 weeks ago (1 child) Iirc the article to which this is loosely referring was about how pickpockets were taken aback when American tourists during the Olympics would physically accost them after they pickpocketed said tourists and didn’t escape quickly enough. Which, you know… yeah? That’s a “professional hazard” of being a pickpocket. This should not surprise them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] timestatic@feddit.org 7 points 4 weeks ago I don't think these pickpockets honestly got many sympathies, even from europeans. I think there was allegedly some report were to police pleaded with american tourists not to beat up pickpockets too badly. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] timestatic@feddit.org 7 points 4 weeks ago I don't think these pickpockets honestly got many sympathies, even from europeans. I think there was allegedly some report were to police pleaded with american tourists not to beat up pickpockets too badly. permalink fedilink source parent
