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matcom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-23-03 10:52 AM
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Man Attacked For Protecting Ducklings
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - A man who tried to protect a group of ducklings from stone-throwing teenagers was nursing his own injuries after the youths turned the attack on him, police said on Tuesday.

The man was visiting a park in a Vancouver suburb when he discovered the youths throwing rocks at the birds in a pond. When he tried to stop them they swarmed him, throwing punches and hitting him with a rock, West Vancouver Police said.

Police said they were looking for five males, all believed to be about 16 years old, who face possible charges for both the attack on the man and on the baby ducks.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&ncid=573&e=3&u=/nm/20030723/od_nm/crime_canada_ducks_dc
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the_angry_one Donating Member (73 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-23-03 10:54 AM
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1. Future Republican House Leaders
Although these kids are Canadian, I'm sure they would be perfect for the Republican House leadership.
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WilliamPitt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-23-03 11:25 PM
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8. 'Asshole' is sadly an international language
as is 'dickhead.'
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commander bunnypants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-23-03 10:56 AM
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2. Nothing more than street thugs
and I hope the gentleman is ok


DEMMAN
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-23-03 11:50 PM
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10. The thing is
They aren't street thugs, they are a bunch of little shit punk kids cruising in a car dad bought them.
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northzax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-23-03 10:56 AM
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3. what is this world coming to?
when boys can't throw rocks at helpless little ducklings without killjoy adults always getting in the way. sheesh.
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-23-03 10:59 AM
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4. When they catch these idiots...
...I hope their sentence is to have small stones thrown at them...
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Drifter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-23-03 12:10 PM
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5. That's outragous ...
throwing small stones as punishment ... Sheesh

For christ sakes, use BIG stones (he-he).

Cheers
Drifter
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WilliamPitt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-23-03 11:24 PM
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7. Throw baby ducks at them
Wait...
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leftist_rebel1569 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-24-03 12:12 AM
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12. how about rocks proportionate to size?
if they threw rocks that were half the size of the ducklings at them, they should have stones half their size thrown at them...
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RustyShackleford Donating Member (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-23-03 11:10 PM
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6. to express their appreciation the ducks
rewarded the man with AFLAC :+
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-23-03 11:48 PM
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9. here's what will happen
Well, unfortunatley when they catch them the little fuckers will get no punishment thanks to a pathetic Canadian justice system... I read this in the local paper, I didn't think it'd make rueters
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WindRavenX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-24-03 12:08 AM
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11. I wish I could give that man a hug
Kudos for him.
He did a very kind and brave thing. I hope someone gives those punks a swift kick in the ass- they give teens bad names :argh:
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Fixated Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-24-03 01:03 AM
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13. ...
Did they think he was interfering with their fun or something? What could be going on in someone's mind when that happens? "Heh, stupid ducks...hey! Who's that? My fun levels have decreased! Attack! Attack!"
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uhhuh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-24-03 03:52 AM
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14. Sadly
That is probably exactly what went through their pea-brains.
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